Endosimilis stilbealis (Walker, 1859)
 (one synonym : Endotricha pyrocaustalis Lower, 1903)
ENDOTRICHINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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and
Bart Hacobian & Stella Crossley

Endosimilis stilbealis
(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

These adult moths have brown forewings each crossed by a broad often golden band, with a vague dark spot near the costa. The hindwings are similsr to the forewings. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms.

The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

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

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina &c.,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 27 (1903), p. 60.

    Francis Walker,
    Pyralides,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 19 (1859), p. 913.

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    (updated 29 October 2012, 17 November 2025)