---
title: "Straw Dot"
description: "Rivula sericealis — Insetos e aranhas. Rivula sericealis, the straw dot, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/straw-dot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Straw Dot

> Rivula sericealis — Insetos e aranhas. Rivula sericealis, the straw dot, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Rivula sericealis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18528
- Wikidata: [Q1040656](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1040656)
- iNaturalist taxon: [325341](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/325341)

## Names

- en: Straw Dot
- de: Seideneulchen
- fr: Soyeuse
- nl: Stro-uiltje
- pl: Zalotnica lisianka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3992), DE (2401), RU (1809), FR (1302), AT (1089), FI (785), DK (664), PL (565), NL (520), ES (487), CH (484), IT (457)

## Summary

Rivula sericealis, the straw dot, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia Carniolica. It is found in Europe including the Iberian Peninsula and southern Fennoscandia and south to North Africa. In an easterly direction, the species occurs across the Palearctic to the Pacific Ocean and Japan. The species closely resembles Evergestis forficalis.

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

## Photo

![Straw Dot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/straw-dot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230948980

## Machine access

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