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title: "Giant Leopard Moth"
description: "Hypercompe scribonia — Insetos e aranhas. The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/giant-leopard-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Leopard Moth

> Hypercompe scribonia — Insetos e aranhas. The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Hypercompe scribonia*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 49991
- Wikidata: [Q1760025](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1760025)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63028](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63028)

## Names

- en: Giant Leopard Moth
- de: Großer Leoparden-Bärenspinner
- es: Polilla leopardo gigante

## Countries with the most observations

US (37691), CA (2851), MX (302), GT (10), HN (8), BZ (7), SV (5), CR (4), CO (3)

## Summary

The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae. They are distributed through North America from southern Ontario, and southern and eastern United States through New England, Mexico, and south to Colombia. The obsolete name, Ecpantheria scribonia, is still occasionally encountered.
They are known to be attracted to bitter, unripe vegetables and broccoli flowers.
This moth species has a wingspan of 76 mm (3 in). Its wings are bright white with a pattern of neat black blotches, some solid and some hollow. The overside of the abdomen is dark blue with orange markings, while the underside…

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

## Photo

![Giant Leopard Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-leopard-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sigrid Jakob · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27669377

## Machine access

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