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 tinged with pink, each crossed by faint reddish brown zigzag lines. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

Paliga rubicundalis
Pine Creek State Forest, 6 Km NNE Raleigh, New South Wales
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

  • India,

    as well as in Australia 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 17 (1895), p. 96.

    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, updated 8 February 2026)