Pyrausta cingulata

Pyrausta cingulata, the silver-barred sable, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found in Europe.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

Pyrausta cingulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Pyrausta
Species:	P. cingulata
Binomial name
Pyrausta cingulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena (Geometra) cingulata Linnaeus, 1758 Botys vittalis La Harpe, 1864 Botys cingulalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Botys eremitica Fourcroy, 1785 Phalaena aethiopata Scopoli, 1763 Phalaena nigralis Fabricius, 1781 Pyrausta cingulalis ab. bicingulalis W. P. Curtis, 1934 Pyrausta cingulata f. apenninalis Costantini, 1923 Pyrausta rectefascialis Toll, 1936 Pyrausta rectefasciata ab. schmidti Szent-Ivány, 1941

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are blackish with a narrow very slightly sinuate white fascia beyond middle; tips of cilia white. Hindwings are as forewings, but fascia slightly curved.^[1] The moth flies from May to August depending on the location.

The larvae probably feed on wild thyme (Thymus polytrichus).