Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859)
 (one synonym : Endotricha eoidalis Snellen, 1895)
ENDOTRICHINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
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Endotricha mesenterialis

The adult moth of this species is brownish-purple, with a pale band across each wing. It has a wing span of about 1 cm.

Endotricha mesenterialis
curious posture
(Photo: courtesy of John Stumm)

The moth often adopts a curious posture with the head and thorax lifted, the wings held down, and the tail curved up.

Endotricha mesenterialis
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

It occurs across south east Asia, including

  • Bangladesh,
  • India,
  • Java,
  • New Guinea,
  • Philippines,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Northern Territory,
  • Queensland,
  • Lord Howe Island, and
  • New South Wales.


    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of John Stumm)

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 32.2, p. 349.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 186.

    Francis Walker,
    Pyralides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 17 (1859), p. 285, No. 1.

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    (updated 29 October 2012, 25 September 2022)

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