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title: "Common Nettle-tap"
description: "Anthophila fabriciana — Insetos e aranhas. Anthophila fabriciana, also known as the common nettle-tap, is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described in 1767 by Carl Linnaeus."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-nettle-tap
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Nettle-tap

> Anthophila fabriciana — Insetos e aranhas. Anthophila fabriciana, also known as the common nettle-tap, is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described in 1767 by Carl Linnaeus.

- Scientific name: *Anthophila fabriciana*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10800
- Wikidata: [Q2250651](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2250651)
- iNaturalist taxon: [321979](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/321979)

## Names

- en: Common Nettle-tap
- de: Brennnessel-Spreizflügelfalter
- fr: Xylopode de Fabricius
- nl: Brandnetelmotje

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4001), DE (695), FR (484), RU (395), DK (388), FI (352), AT (303), NL (302), PL (156), IT (150), BE (126), IE (89)

## Summary

Anthophila fabriciana, also known as the common nettle-tap, is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described in 1767 by Carl Linnaeus. The moth can be found flying around stinging nettles during the day.

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

## Photo

![Common Nettle-tap](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-nettle-tap/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Del Barba · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42014634

## Machine access

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