Pagyda botydalis (Snellen, 1880)
 previously known as Glyphodes botydalis
PYRAUSTINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Pagyda botydalis
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has yellow wings with orange lines.

Pagyda botydalis
drawing by Pieter C. T. Snellen, listed as Glyphodes botydalis,
Natuurlijke Historie. Achtse afdeeling. Lepidoptera, Midden Sumatra,
Volume 4 (1880), Part 8, Plate V, fig. 9,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

The species has been found across Asia, including:

  • Bangladesh,
  • Sulawesi,
  • Taiwan,

    and also in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Pagyda botydalis
    wing undersides, drawing by Pieter C. T. Snellen, listed as Glyphodes botydalis    ,
    Natuurlijke Historie. Achtse afdeeling. Lepidoptera, Midden Sumatra,
    Volume 4 (1880), Part 8, Plate V, fig. 9,
    image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

    Further reading :

    Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen,
    Natuurlijke Historie. Achtse afdeeling. Lepidoptera,
    Midden Sumatra,
    Volume 4 (1880), Part 8, pp. 69-70.

    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    Lepidoptera
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (updated 19 March 2012, 5 November 2025)