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title: "Common Footman"
description: "Eilema lurideola — Insetos e aranhas. The common footman (Manulea lurideola) is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-footman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Footman

> Eilema lurideola — Insetos e aranhas. The common footman (Manulea lurideola) is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Eilema lurideola*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11142
- Wikidata: [Q217103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217103)
- iNaturalist taxon: [354804](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/354804)

## Names

- en: Common Footman
- de: Grauleib-Flechtenbärchen
- fr: Lithosie complanule
- nl: Plat beertje

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4141), DE (581), FR (492), CH (378), FI (295), DK (207), SE (207), IT (201), AT (172), ES (172), RU (161), HU (78)

## Summary

The common footman (Manulea lurideola) is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1817. It is distributed throughout Europe and east through the Palearctic to Lake Baikal.

This species has a wingspan of 31–38 mm. The forewings are grey with a yellowish-buff streak along the costa. The hindwings are a uniform cream colour. Like other footmen, it rests with its wings wrapped around its body. (The common name footman comes from a supposed resemblance to the uniform of a footman.)

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_footman

## Photo

![Common Footman](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-footman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Morten DD Hansen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150918055

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-footman?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).