Endosimilis

Endosimilis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Paul Ernest Sutton Whalley in 1961. Its only species, E. stilbealis, was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Australia.[2]

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

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

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Endosimilis Whalley, 1961". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  3. Australian Insects


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