About Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859)
Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859) is a species of snout moth belonging to the genus Endotricha. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It has a wide known distribution, recorded from Austral Island, Australia, the Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Tahiti, Begum Island, Christmas Island, India, Myanmar, Indonesia (Borneo), Malaysia, the New Hebrides, the Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga, Taiwan, and China (Guangdong, Sichuan, Zhejiang). This moth has a wing length of approximately 10 mm. Adult individuals are brownish purple, with a pale band running across each wing.
