''Cataclysta pleonaxalis'' 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 genus ''

Cataclysta ''Cataclysta'' is a genus of moths described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Species * ''Cataclysta aclistalis'' Dyar, 1914 * ''Cataclysta albifulvalis'' Marion, 1956 * ''Cataclysta albipunctalis'' Hampson, 1897 * ''Cataclysta ambahonalis'' (Marion, 19 ...

''. It was described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1897 and is known from

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

and

Fergusson Island Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island. Fergusson Islan ...

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Moths described in 1897 Acentropinae {{Acentropinae-stub