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Duppy bat

Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The duppy bat (Ascalapha odorata) is a species in the family Erebidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the duppy bat

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the duppy bat live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the duppy bat as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. France

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 duppy bat 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 duppy bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyErebidae
  6. genusAscalapha
  7. SpeciesAscalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Ascalapha agarista, Erebus marquesi, Erebus odora, Phalaena agarista, Phalaena odora, Phalaena odorata

Other names and names in other languages (24)
  • Black witchEnglish
  • Black witch mothEnglish
  • Glassy cutwormEnglish
  • Money mothEnglish
  • Moneybat mothEnglish
  • Witch mothEnglish
  • Schwarze HexeGerman
  • Bruja negraSpanish
  • جادوگر سیاهPersian
  • Sorcière NoireFrench
  • ÚraGuarani
  • オドラジゴクオオヤガJapanese
  • PelûtankKurdish
  • Barbulètè EbonitPapiamento
  • BruxaPortuguese
  • Xmahan nahyua
  • 黑女巫蛾Chinese
  • gran polilla negraSpanish
  • Mariposa BrujaSpanish
  • Polilla BrujaSpanish
  • ratón viejoSpanish
  • tandacuchiSpanish
  • Borboleta-bruxaPortuguese
  • Mariposa-bruxaPortuguese

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Relatives of the duppy bat

Other species in the same genus Ascalapha.

CompareDuppy bat vs Ascalapha orphna

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the duppy bat an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the duppy bat as introduced in 2 countries: Denmark and France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the duppy bat?

The duppy bat (Ascalapha odorata) 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). Duppy bat (Ascalapha odorata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/duppy-bat

MLA

“Duppy bat (Ascalapha odorata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/duppy-bat.

BibTeX
@misc{duppy_bat_2026,
  title = {Duppy bat (Ascalapha odorata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/duppy-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}