Clethrogyna aurolimbata is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1835."Orgyia (Clethrogyna) aurolimbata Guenée 1835". Fauna Europaea. Archived March 8, 2017. It is found in the Pyrenees and on the Iberian Peninsula. The larvae feed on Genista species, including Genista purgans. This species has commonly been placed in the genus Orgyia but molecular analyses support the genus Clethrogyna as a separate lineage.Wang, H. et al. (2015) Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics 31(6):579-592 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12108
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"10399 Orgyia aurolimbata (Guenée & De Villiers, 1835)". Lepiforum e V. Retrieved May 16, 2020.