---
title: "Common Crimson-and-gold Moth"
description: "Pyrausta purpuralis — Insetti e ragni. Pyrausta purpuralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-crimson-and-gold-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Crimson-and-gold Moth

> Pyrausta purpuralis — Insetti e ragni. Pyrausta purpuralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.

- Scientific name: *Pyrausta purpuralis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8962
- Wikidata: [Q594465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q594465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84361](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84361)

## Names

- en: Common Crimson-and-gold Moth
- de: Purpurroter Zünsler
- fr: Pyrauste pourprée
- nl: Purpermotje

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1420), AT (1044), DE (940), GB (831), IT (574), CH (535), ES (402), FI (308), RU (303), BE (141), CZ (128), HU (109)

## Summary

Pyrausta purpuralis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrausta_purpuralis

## Photo

![Common Crimson-and-gold Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-crimson-and-gold-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Del Barba · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/77804939

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-crimson-and-gold-moth?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).