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Cinnabar

Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) is a species in the family Erebidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the cinnabar

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cinnabar live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cinnabar as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. Falkland Islands
  3. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cinnabar endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cinnabar classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyErebidae
  6. genusTyria
  7. SpeciesTyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Callimorpha jacobaeae, Callimorpha senecionis, Euchalcia jacobaeae, Eucharia jacobaeae, Euchelia jacobeae, Hipocrita jacobaeae, Hipocrita jacobaeae f. confluens, Phalaena jacobaeae, Tyria jacobaeae f. divisa, Utetheisa jacobaeae

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Cinnabar mothEnglish
  • Cinnabar moth or TyriaEnglish
  • The cinnabarEnglish
  • Àrctid del seneciCatalan
  • přástevník starčkovýCzech
  • Teigr y BenfelenWelsh
  • BlodpletDanish
  • BlutbärGerman
  • verikaruslaneEstonian
  • jaakonsiilikäsFinnish
  • tyriaFrench
  • Leamhan flanndeargIrish
  • JakabfűlepkeHungarian
  • アカイロハデヒトリJapanese
  • Raudonsparnė meškutėLithuanian
  • karminspinnerNorwegian Bokmål
  • JakobsvlinderDutch
  • karminspinnarNorwegian Nynorsk
  • marzymłódka proporzecPolish
  • Sangrenta-da-TasnaPortuguese
  • медведица крестовниковаяRussian
  • Spriadač starčekovýSlovak
  • grintova škrlatnicaSlovenian
  • karminspinnareSwedish
  • Yakup AyıgüvesiTurkish
  • Ведмедиця криваваUkrainian
  • Teigrod y BenfelenWelsh
  • Blodplet-bjørnespinderDanish
  • Jakobiner-karminspinderDanish
  • KarminspinderDanish
  • JakobskrautbärGerman
  • KarminbärGerman
  • CarminFrench
  • Écaille du séneçonFrench
  • Goutte de sangFrench
  • Jakabfű-lepkeHungarian
  • sint-jacobsvlinderDutch
  • Proporzyca marzymłódkaPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cinnabar

Other species in the same genus Tyria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the cinnabar an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cinnabar as introduced in 3 countries: Canada, Falkland Islands and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cinnabar?

The cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae) belongs to the family Erebidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cinnabar

MLA

“Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cinnabar.

BibTeX
@misc{cinnabar_2026,
  title = {Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cinnabar},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}