Paliga rubicundalis Warren, 1896
 (now thought to be a junior synonym of
Ecpyrrhorrhoe rufipicta Butler, 1880)
PYRAUSTINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Paliga rubicundalis
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Sheldon, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has yellow wings crossed by faint brown zigzag lines. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

Paliga rubicundalis
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species is found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    William Warren,
    New Genera and Species of Pyralidae, Thyrididae, and Epiplemidae,
    Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
    6th Series, Part 16 (1895), p. 461.

    Lanbin Xiang, Kai Chen, Xiaohua Chen, Yongjiang Duan, and Dandan Zhang
    A revision of the genus Ecpyrrhorrhoe Hübner, 1825 from China based on morphology and molecular data, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae),
    Zookeys, 1090,

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    (written 16 January 2024)