Endotricha mesenterialis

Endotricha mesenterialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Endotricha
Species: E. mesenterialis
Binomial name
Endotricha mesenterialis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Doththa mesentrialis Walker, 1859
  • Endotricha flavofascialis Fryer, 1912
  • Endotricha mahensis Whalley, 1963
  • Endotricha eoidalis Snellen, 1895
  • Endotricha suffusalis Walker, 1859

Endotricha mesenterialis is a species of snout moth in the genus Endotricha. It was described by Walker in 1859. It has a wide distribution and is known from Austral Island, Australia, the Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Tahiti, Begum Island, Christmas Island, India, Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia, the New Hebrides, the Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga,[2] Taiwan and China (Guangdong, Sichuan, Zhejiang).[3]

The winglength is about 10 mm. Adults are brownish-purple, with a pale band across each wing.[4]

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ A taxonomic study on Endotricha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyralinae) in China
  4. ↑ Australian Insects


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