Palpita limbata (Butler, 1886)
 (previously known as Margaronia limbata)
SPILOMELINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Palpita limbata
(Photo: courtesy of Bushreader, Ipswich, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has translucent white wings with a brown costa on each forewing. The forewings may also have a small dark spot near the middle, and all the wings have dark dashes along the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • New Guinea,

    and in Australia in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Palpita limbata
    showing underside
    (Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)>

    Further reading :

    Arthur G. Butler,
    Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region,
    Transactions of the Entomological Society of London,
    1886, Part 4, p. 430, No. 78.

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    (updated 15 March 2011, 22 February 2026)