Poliobotys

{{short description|Genus of moths}}

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| image = Poliobotys ablactalis borbonica.jpg

| parent_authority = J. C. Shaffer & Munroe, 2007

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Poliobotys ablactalis

| authority = (Walker, 1859){{cite web |last=Nuss |first=M. |display-authors=etal |date=2003–2017 |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=June 7, 2018}}

| synonyms = {{Specieslist

|Lamprophaia borbonica|(Guillermet, 2008)

|Lamprophaia murinalis|(Pagenstecher, 1885)

|Botys ablactalis|Walker, 1859

|Lamprophaia ablactalis|(Walker, 1859)

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{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/lamprophaia/#ablactalis |title=Lamprophaia ablactalis (Walker, 1859) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=March 3, 2018}}

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Poliobotys is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Jay C. Shaffer and Eugene G. Munroe in 2007. Its single species, Poliobotys ablactalis, was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It occurs throughout South-east Asia, including Réunion, Australia, Hong Kong{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=24 July 2012 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pyru/ablactalis.html |title=Lamprophaia ablactalis (Walker, 1859) |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=August 12, 2019}} and Africa (Kenya, Senegal, South Africa).