Pyrrhoscolia is a genus of scoliid wasps in the subfamily Scoliinae.

Two species of Scolia are similarly coloured, but have swarthy wings and a red spot in each ocular sinus (or sini oculares, the "bays" bordered by the kidney-shaped eyes).

In males, unlike Scolia, the propodeum has two distinct horizontal lobes, which project well behind the insertion of the petiole.

[2] The forewings lack the second recurrent vein and third submarginal cell in both sexes.

The wings are closely striolate apically, as with the Scoliidae generally, and feature strong blue, blue-green or golden-green effulgence.