Erruca cardinale is a moth of the family Erebidae and described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Brazil and Argentina.
First described from São Paulo, this moth is also known from other parts of Brazil like Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Santa Catarina (specifically in the towns of Bom Jardim da Serra, Brusque, Joinville and São Bento do Sul), and from Argentina. Erruca cardinale is described as a day-flying moth,Klots, Alexander B. (1903-1989). The World of Butterflies and Moths. New York: McGraw-Hill, 195. meaning that unlike most species of moth it is active during the day and sleeps at night. In volume one of the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae (1898) E. cardinale is described as follows:
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