Glaucocharis sp. 6 | The Pyralids of Borneo

Family: &nbsp; Crambidae
Subfamily: &nbsp; Crambinae
Tribe: &nbsp; Diptychophorini
Genus: &nbsp; Glaucocharis
Distribution: Brunei.
Habitat: Lowland forest; 300-365m.
Wing Length: 4,5mm

Taxonomy

Glaucocharis sp. 6. is an unnamed morphotype from Brunei, Temburong. It is in the BMNH.

Description

The FW of this sp. is patterned with patches of black, grey, white and some orange. There is an indistinct, curving, white basal line and a faint orange, double, orbicular spot. Towards the apex it is more slaty blue The orange apex area contains an elongate bluish spot. The HW is mainly a very pale orange-white but it is suffused with blackish towards the apex. The marginal line on both wings is white with a black outer edge a pattern repeated in the long fringes.

References

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.