Clupeosoma glaucinalis Hampson
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Odontiinae
- Genus: Clupeosoma
- Distribution: Singapore, Sabah, Indonesia (Sumbawa).
- Habitat: Lowland primary forest including canopy; <650m.
- Wing Length: 6 -8.5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Clupeosoma glaucinalis Hampson, 1917: 268 from Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Is. (Sumbawa) is in the BMNH.
Clupeosoma Snellen 1880: 203, exhibits sexual dimorphism with smaller males often with large tufts of hair scales on the FW.
Description
A purplish sp. with a broad, darker, submarginal band on both wings. This band is edged on its basal side by a narrow pale fascia.The margin of both wings is a bright orange with small neural spots. The orange margin is confined to the anterior part of the HW. The body is brownish purple with pale intersegmental bands. Typically this sp. shows a great size variation beyond the normal sexual dimorphism found in Clupeosoma Snellen. All the morphotypes may not be conspecific. See Clupeosoma sp. 1 which may be the male of this sp.. The female Clupeosoma sericialis is very similar but has a less distinctive submarginal band and lacks the pale edge to that band.
References
- Snellen, P. C. T., (1880) Nieuwe Pyraliden op het eiland Celebes gevonden dor Mr. M. C. Piepers. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 23: 198-250.
- Hampson, G.F. (1917c) XXX Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the Subfamilies Hydrocampinae, Scoparianae etc., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 20, (118): 265-282.