---
title: "Drinker Moth"
description: "Euthrix potatoria — Insetos e aranhas. Euthrix potatoria, the drinker, is an orange-brown moth of the family Lasiocampidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/drinker-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Drinker Moth

> Euthrix potatoria — Insetos e aranhas. Euthrix potatoria, the drinker,  is an orange-brown moth of the family Lasiocampidae.

- Scientific name: *Euthrix potatoria*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25549
- Wikidata: [Q261060](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q261060)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125012](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125012)

## Names

- en: Drinker Moth
- de: Grasglucke
- fr: Buveuse
- nl: Rietvink
- pl: Barczatka napójka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (7063), RU (4938), DK (2970), DE (2604), PL (1273), FR (1164), AT (748), LT (679), NL (407), CZ (317), CH (256), UA (230)

## Summary

Euthrix potatoria, the drinker,  is an orange-brown moth of the family Lasiocampidae.
The species' common and scientific names derive from the larva's supposed drinking of drops of dew.

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

## Photo

![Drinker Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/drinker-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Matthew Wilkinson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121377382

## Machine access

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