Glauconoe leucocepsalis Hampson

Taxonomy

The holotype of Lygropia leucocepsalis Hampson 1912, 562 is from Borneo, Sabah (Sandakan). Probably not correctly placed in Lygropia in LepIndex & Globiz. It may be an exclusively New World genus. We are provisionally treating it as Glauconoe Warren, 1892: 296.

Description

A pearly mushroom colour with broad rounded silky wings. Virtually without markings on both upperside and underside, although a very faint stigma may be present. Note the white frons and vertex. Similar to G. ciniferalis (Walker, 1865 [1866]:1417).

References

• Walker, F. (1865 [1866 Jan 13]) List Spec Lepid. Ins. Coll. B. M., Cat. Lepid. Heterocera. 34, (Suppl. 4): 1121-1533.
• Hampson, G. F. (1912h) Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 10 (62): 557-574.