Paliga aureolalis (Lederer, 1863)
 (previously known as Botys aureolalis)
(also known as Paratalanta aureolalis)
PYRAUSTINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species has pale yellow wings with zigzag brown lines across each one. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms


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

The species has been found across Asis. including :

  • Japan,
  • Thailand,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Julius Lederer,
    Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyralidinen,
    Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift,
    Volume 7, Part 11 (1863), p. 473, No. 76.

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    (written 23 January 2013, 28 December 2025)