Endosimilis

Endosimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Endosimilis
Whalley, 1961[1]
Species: E. stilbealis
Binomial name
Endosimilis stilbealis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis stilbealis Walker, 1859
  • Endotricha heliopa Meyrick, 1884
  • Endotricha pyrocaustalis Lower, 1903

Endosimilis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Whalley in 1961, and contains the species E. stilbealis. It is found in Australia.[2]

Adults have brown wings with a dark spot near the costa, and two faint pale curved lines on each forewing.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Endosimilis at funet
  3. ↑ Australian Insects


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