Glaucocharis Meyrick 1938
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Glaucocharis Meyrick, 1938 Glaucocharis Meyrick, 1938. Type species: Glaucocharis stella Meyrick, 1938 = Pagmania Amsel, 1961: 332. Type species: Pagmania bilinealis Amsel, 1961. Błeszyński, 1965, p. 51 (syn.) = Pareromene Osthelder, 1941: 366. Type species: Pareromene rebeli Osthelder, 1941. Gaskin, 1985, p. 11 (syn.) = Ditomoptera Hampson, 1893: 52, 179. Type species: Ditomoptera minutalis Hampson, 1893. DIAGNOSIS Forewing with conspicuous antemedian and postmedian lines, apex usually with apical streak, termen protruding outwards at apex, below apex with an indentation reaching tip of M1, often with a secondary indentation at tip of M3 (W. Li & Li, 2012b). Male genitalia with the following characteristics: uncus and gnathos elongate, narrow, of various shapes; valva long and narrow, with narrow cucullus, costal process sclerotized, elongate, narrow, pointed outwards or upwards. Female genitalia with short papillae anales coalesced dorsally; posterior and anterior apophyses over twice the tergite length; antrum usually tubular or funnel-shaped; ductus bursae long, narrow; corpus bursae rounded or ovate, signum present or absent (W. Li & Li, 2012b; pers. obs.). DISTRIBUTION Known from the Afrotropics, the Palearctic, Oriental, and Australasian regions. Nine species are reported here from the Philippines: Glaucocharis lathonia (Błeszyński, 1966), Glaucocharis clytia (Błeszyński, 1966), Glaucocharis negrosensis sp. n., Glaucocharis hamulus sp. n., Glaucocharis kayumanggi sp. n., Glaucocharis kabundukanis sp. n., Glaucocharis altissima sp. n., Glaucocharis uncusellus sp. n., Glaucocharis sungay sp. n. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS Glaucocharis belongs to the Diptychophorini, the mostbasal tribe of Crambinae (Léger et al., 2019).
Author: Léger, Théo
Institution: Museum für Naturkunde
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W6911908610
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