Glaucocharis albofasciella Shaffer-Gaskin MS

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Crambinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Diptychophorini
Genus: &nbsp; Glaucocharis
Distribution: Brunei.
Habitat: Lowland riparine dipterocarp forest: &lt;100m.
Wing Length: 5mm

Taxonomy

A type of Glaucocharis albofasciella Shaffer-Gaskin MS*, from Brunei (Rampayoh River), is in the BMNH.

Description

As in all Glaucocharis spp. the FW is slightly bifalcate. It is intricately patterned in orange black and white. The HW is mainly white but suffused with orange submarginally with a partial black marginal line.

References

Gaskin, D.E. (1974) The genus Pareromene (Diptychophorini: Crambinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) from Malaysia, Indonesia and New Guinea. J. Ent. (Ser. B), London 43: 185-208.
Published description not located.