(one synonym : Messatis sabirusalis Walker, 1859) ENDOTRICHINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
MarkT,
Queanbeyan, New South Wales)
The adults of this species have brown forewings that are half orangish and half reddish, with a crimson along the margins. Their hindwings are pale orange with a red rear margin. Underneath they are brown with a broad dark margin. The costa of each forewing has a slight basal bulge, unlike Endotricha ignealis.
The moths rest naturally in a flat triangular pose, with the head lifted high and the tail low, like a delta-wing aircraft about to take off. They have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
This species has been found in:
Further reading :
Achille Guenée,
Deltoïdes et Pyralites,
in Boisduval & Guenée:
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes; Spécies Général des Lépidoptères,
Volume 9, Part 8 (1854), p. 219-220, No. 181.
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(updated 29 October 2012, 19 January 2024)