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Endotricha mesenterialis

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia / Australia - Cooks - French Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands; grass areas

KEY FEATURES: Small moth (9-12mmTL). Wings grey-brown darker inner half separated by abrupt edge or a pale band from wide and distinct to narrow and obscure.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++		P	P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859)
SYNONYMS: Endotricha mesenterialis obscura; Doththa obscura

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; PYRALIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Small moth (9-12mmTL), with long spindly legs, truncate wing apex, wings variable in colour and markings. Fore wings may have coloured bands - brown, dark brown, buff, pink. Proximal part of both fore and hind wings darker than distal part, which is usually suffused with pink. Underside with colours similar to upper surface; 4 transverse lines visible in some specimens. Head, Thorax and Abdomen coloured as proximal part of wings. Legs buff. Antennae grey.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen+photo, 1995, S.Montgomery, in BPBM; specimen+photo, 1999, BESO #107, 262, 388, 526 (was as Imma RR), and 692, ID J.Dugdale 4/2000. Atiu: specimen, 1982, G.Paulay, in BPBM, ID EG.Munroe 1993 as Endotricha mesenterialis obscura. Mauke: 4 specimens, 1984, G.Paulay, in BPBM, ID EG.Munroe 1993 as Endotricha mesenterialis obscura.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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