Glauconoe ciniferalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Genus: Glauconoe
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Sikkim), Burma, Kalimanan Selatan, PNG, China.
- Habitat: Lowland.
- Wing Length: 16mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Botys ciniferalis Walker, 1865 [1866 Jan 13] : 1417 from PNG is in the UM Oxford.
- syn. Hapalia concolor Moore, 1885: 339 (1886), pl. 181 fig. 3 (1885). TL Sri Lanka [Ceylon] (Globiz).
- Comb. n. to Glauconoe Warren 1892b: 296. Gen. rev. (Shaffer et al. 1996)
Description
An almost totally unmarked pink-brown species with broad rounded wings and a silky sheen. Similar to Glauconoe deductalis (Walker, 1859). In LepIndex & Globiz as Pyrausta.
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References
- Moore, F. ([1882] 1880-1887) Lepid. Ceylon., 1-13, pp. 578, 215 pls. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Shaffer, M. & Nielsen, E.S. (1996) In Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangji, R.V. (Eds.) Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia, 66: 161- 163, CSIRO, Australia.
