Endotricha dispergens T.P. Lucas, 1891 ENDOTRICHINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

female
(Photo: courtesy of Todd Burrows, Gold Coast, Queensland)

The forewings of the adult of this species are brown, sometimes with a dark spot near the middle, and sometimes with two dark-edged pale transverse lines dividing the wing into 3 areas with different shades. The hindwings are brown with vague transverse lines. The moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Todd Burrows, Gold Coast, Queensland)

The forewings of the males have an unusual shape, appearing cut-off at the wing-tips. The females have forewings with a slightly pointed wingtip.

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

The species is found in Australia in

Queensland.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Bart Hacobian, Millaa Millaa, Queensland)

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Further reading :

Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 6, Part 2 (1891), p. 306.

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(written 21 January 2017, updated 19 April 2023)