''Cataclysta lampetialis'' is a

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

species in the

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Cataclysta ''Cataclysta'' is a genus of moths described by Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding wor ...

''. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859, and is known from

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Moths described in 1859 Acentropinae {{Acentropinae-stub