Aloa cardinalis

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| taxon = Aloa cardinalis

| authority = (Butler, 1875)

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• Areas cardinalis Butler, 1875
• Amsacta cardinalis
• Amsacta celebensis Rothschild, 1910
• Amsacta celebesica Rothschild, 1910
• Amsacta luteomarginata Rothschild, 1910
• Aloa cardinalis celebensis (Rothschild, 1910)
• Aloa cardinalis luteomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
• Aloa cardinalis reducta (Rothschild, 1910)

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Aloa cardinalis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.

It is found on the Philippines, Sulawesi,{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/aloa/#cardinalis |title=Aloa cardinalis (Butler, 1875) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=March 19, 2018}} the Tokan-Besi-Islands, Timor, Dammer, Letti-Moa, Tenimber and Bali.

The species is found in secondary habitats in the lowlands.

Adults have been recorded on wing in January, from May to July and in September.

The larvae feed Carowatti species.{{cite journal |last=Černý |first=Karel |date=January 3, 2011 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ENT_0032_0029-0092.pdf |title=A Review of the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) from the Philippines |journal=Entomofauna |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=29–92}}