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title: "Scarce Footman Moth"
description: "Eilema complana — Insetos e aranhas. Manulea complana, the scarce footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/scarce-footman-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scarce Footman Moth

> Eilema complana — Insetos e aranhas. Manulea complana, the scarce footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Eilema complana*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9674
- Wikidata: [Q218373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218373)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320004](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320004)

## Names

- en: Scarce Footman Moth
- de: Gelbleib-Flechtenbärchen
- fr: Lithosie à tête jaune
- nl: Streepkokerbeertje
- pl: Fałdówka porostówka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1390), DE (1044), FR (501), RU (448), CH (211), AT (200), HU (171), ES (170), PL (126), IT (105), CZ (103), FI (92)

## Summary

Manulea complana, the scarce footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout the Palearctic region.

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

## Photo

![Scarce Footman Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarce-footman-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233375029

## Machine access

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