Synonymy

• Pyrausta aurea Butler, 1875 (original combination)
• Anania aurea (Butler): Maes, 2003:94

Primary references

• Butler, A.G., 1875. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(96): 394–420. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Maes K.V.N. 2003. A world checklist of the genus Anania Hübner, 1823 with the description of a new species from Africa (Lepidoptera, Pyraloida, Crambidae, Pyraustiane). Bulletin et Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique 139(1-6): 94–96. Reference page. 

• Tränkner, A., Li, H.H., Nuss, M. 2009. On the systematics of Anania Hübner, 1823 (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Pyraustinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 32(1): 63-80. Reference page.