Endotricha pyrosalis (Guenée, 1854) (one synonym : Messatis sabirusalis Walker, 1859) ENDOTRICHINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley

(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Concord, New South Wales)

The adults of this species have forewings that are half orange and half red, with a crimson along the margins. Their hindwings are also 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.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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.

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

This species has been found in:

Western Australia.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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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, 15 June 2019, 3 January 2021)