---
title: "The Uncertain"
description: "Hoplodrina octogenaria — Insetos e aranhas. Hoplodrina octogenaria, the uncertain, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/the-uncertain
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# The Uncertain

> Hoplodrina octogenaria — Insetos e aranhas. Hoplodrina octogenaria, the uncertain, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Hoplodrina octogenaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12462
- Wikidata: [Q1940434](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1940434)
- iNaturalist taxon: [360302](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/360302)

## Names

- en: The Uncertain
- de: Gelbbraune Staubeule
- fr: Noctuelle de la Morgeline
- nl: Gewone stofuil

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1674), DE (395), NL (236), RU (212), FI (191), DK (152), BE (71), FR (58), AT (54), ES (53), PL (52), CH (49)

## Summary

Hoplodrina octogenaria, the uncertain, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm (Europe, Russia, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Altai, north Mongolia, North Korea, and north China).

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

## Photo

![The Uncertain](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/the-uncertain/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28789698

## Machine access

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