Nascia cilialis

Nascia cilialis
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nascia
Species: N. cilialis
Binomial name
Nascia cilialis
(Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis cilialis Hübner, 1796
  • Botys venosalis Nolcken, 1848
  • Nascia cilialis christophi Munroe & Mutuura, 1968
  • Nascia cilialis kumatai Munroe & Mutuura, 1968
  • Pyrausta cilialis var. simplalis Caradja, 1916
  • Pyrausta virgata Reutti, 1853
  • Nascia cilialis virgatalis (Christoph, 1881)

The orange-rayed pearl (Nascia cilialis) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in from southern and central Europe to Japan.

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Carex riparia and sometimes other sedges.

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