Glaucocharis margretella Gaskin
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Glaucocharis
- Distribution: Singapore, Brunei, Lesser Sundas (Riau Arch.).
- Habitat: Lowland, edge of <i>Rhizophora</i> forest (mangroves).
- Wing Length: 5mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Glaucocharis margretella Gaskin, 1985 (: 28, figs. 38, 112), from Doerian Is., Kepulauan, Riau Arch., is in the CNC (Ottawa).
Description
As in all Glaucocharis spp. the FW is bifalcate. It is pale with the white distinctively marked with orange lines and distally with an intricate speckling of pale brown There is a thick, broken, pale brown, submarginal line. The HW is mainly white but it is suffused with grey in the submarginal area. The fringes are long and white.
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References
- Gaskin, D.E. (1985) Morphology reclassification Australasian, Melanesian Polynesian Glaucocharis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Crambinae, Diptychophorini). Austr. J. Zool.y Suppl. Ser. 33 (115): 1-75.
- Gaskin, D.E. (1975a) The genus Pareromene (Diptychophorini: Crambinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) from Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea. J. Ent. (Series B) London 43 (2): 185-208.