Endotricha ignealis (Guenée, 1854)
Common Grass Pyralid
 (one synonym : Pyralis docilisalis Walker, 1859)
ENDOTRICHINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
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Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley

Endotricha ignealis
(Photo: coutesy of Peter Marriott, Melbourne, Victoria)

Usually, the wings of the adult of this species are brown, with a variable faint pattern, including some pink fringes on the forewing margins. The costa of each forewing is straight, unlike Endotricha pyrosalis. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

Endotricha ignealis
Male
(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)

The species is fairly widespread in Australia, including

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania, and
  • South Australia.

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée : Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 220, No. 182.

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    (updated 29 October 2012, 1 February 2019, 12 October 2020)