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

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

The larvae feed on greater pond sedge (Carex riparia) and sometimes other sedges.

External links

• "63.013 BF1387 Nascia cilialis (Hübner, 1796)". UKMoths. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

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