Glaucocharis sp. 2
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Crambinae
- Tribe: Diptychophorini
- Genus: Glaucocharis
- Distribution: Brunei.
- Habitat: Lowland; <300m.
- Wing Length: 4.6mm
Taxonomy
Glaucocharis sp. 2. An unnamed morphotype from Brunei (Ulu Temburong) in the BMNH.
Description
This sp. has a fulvous FW with some darker orange patches near the costa. There a pale orange, dark edged, orbicular stigma.The FW is crossed by four dark lines at the basal, antemedian and a serrated, curving, double, line submarginally. The apex is orange with an elongate bluish spot. There is an indistinct dark submarginal spot. The marginal line is white with a black outer edge a pattern repeated in the long fringes. The HW is mainly white but it is suffused with pale orange towards the apex.
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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.