---
title: "Orange Footman"
description: "Eilema sororcula — Insetos e aranhas. Wittia sororcula, the orange footman, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/orange-footman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange Footman

> Eilema sororcula — Insetos e aranhas. Wittia sororcula, the orange footman, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Eilema sororcula*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9080
- Wikidata: [Q218103](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218103)
- iNaturalist taxon: [354803](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/354803)

## Names

- en: Orange Footman
- de: Dottergelbes Flechtenbärchen
- fr: Manteau jaune
- nl: Geel beertje
- pl: Fałdówka siostrzyczka

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1407), DE (1002), AT (957), GB (639), RU (576), CH (493), ES (490), HU (293), PL (167), IT (162), PT (161), UA (117)

## Summary

Wittia sororcula, the orange footman, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is found in Europe, Anatolia and further east across the Palearctic to southern Siberia and the Amur basin to China.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/231269858

## Machine access

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