Water Ermine
VU — Vulnerable

Water Ermine

Spilosoma urticae

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

38

Countries

Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC) via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spilosoma_urticae

01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Spilosoma

Water Ermine belongs to the family Erebidae, order Lepidoptera, within the Insecta class.

06 — Range

Found in 38 Countries

Åland IslandsAustriaAzerbaijanBelarusBelgiumBulgariaChinaCroatiaCzechiaDenmarkEstoniaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceGuernseyHungaryIranIsle of ManItalyJapanKazakhstanKyrgyzstanLatviaLithuaniaLuxembourgNetherlandsNorwayPolandRomaniaRussiaSerbiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineUnited Kingdom
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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Water Ermine (Spilosoma urticae). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/water-ermine

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