Taxonomic Information
Endotricha Zeller, 1847 species known from India.
Endotricha albicilia Hampson, 1891. Sri Lanka; India: W. Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu, Andamans, India.
Endotricha ardentalis Hampson, 1896. Bhutan; India: North India.
Endotricha costaemaculalis fuscifusalis Hampson, 1896. Pakistan; India: Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.
Endotricha decessalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Andamans Is.
Endotricha eximia Whalley, 1963. India: Khasis Hills, Meghalaya, Sikkim, North India.
Endotricha fuscobasalis Ragonot, 1891. Pakistan; India: North India.
Endotricha loricata Moore, 1888. Sri Lanka; Pakistan; India: Kolkata, West Bengal.
Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson, 1896. Bhutan; India: North India.
Endotricha mediolineata Hampson, 1906. India: Sikkim.
Endotricha melanobasis Hampson, 1916. India: Assam, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, North India.
Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; India.
Endotricha nicobaralis Hampson, 1906. Myanmar; India: Nicobar Islands.
Endotricha nigromaculata Whalley, 1963. India: Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India.
Endotricha olivacealis (Bremer, 1864). Myanmar; India: Mumbai, Maharashtra, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.
Endotricha rufofimbrialis Warren, 1891. India: Northern India.
Endotricha ragonoti Christoph, 1893. India: Dras, Kashmir, North India.
Endotricha ruminalis (Walker, 1859). Sri Lanka; India: "North Hindustan".
Endotricha serratalis Snellen, 1890. India: Sikkim.
Endotricha similata (Moore, 1888). Sri Lanka; Myanmar; India: Darjeeling, West Bengal, North India.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Endotricha ruminalis -
As per Whalley (1963), this species is part of Endotricha luteogrisalis species-group from India.
Similar species from the Endotricha luteogrisalis species-group are:
Endotricha luteogrisalis Hampson, 1896
Endotricha loricata (Moore, 1888)
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| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Total | 2 | 1 |
- OD: Agroptera ruminalis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 17: 387; TL: N.Hindustan. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/387/mode/1up?view=theater
- Pyralis ibycusalis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 19: 899; TL: N.India. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1921brit/page/899/mode/1up?view=theater
- Endotricha symphonialis Hampson, 1893. Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 161, Pl. 171/17. TL: Ceylon. Text at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/161/mode/1up?view=theater.Plate at https://archive.org/details/illustrationsoft09brituoft/page/n222/mode/1up?view=theater
- Endotricha ruminalis; Hampson, 1896. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (4): 484. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1896roya/page/484/mode/1up?view=theater
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 135, # 4492.
- Whalley, P. E. S. 1963.A revision of the World species of the genus Endroticha Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 13 (11): 415, pl. 2, f. 27. Text at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis13entoond/page/415/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis13entoond/page/n602/mode/1up?view=theater
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/626761-Endotricha-ruminalis
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Endotricha ruminalis (Walker, 1859) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.42. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/endotricha-ruminalis, accessed 2023/03/25.