Glaucocharis pilcheri Gaskin, 1988

Li, Weichun & Li, Houhun, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the genus Glaucocharis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) from China, with descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 3261, pp. 1-32 : 19

Glaucocharis pilcheri Gaskin, 1988

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Glaucocharis pilcheri Gaskin, 1988 , in Wang Wang et al.: 324, 374, figs. 46, 86.

Material examined. 1 3, 2 ƤƤ, Hanmi, Mêdog (29°13ʹN, 95°18ʹE), Tibet, 2380 m, 9.viii.2003, leg. Xinpu Wang and Huaijun Xue ( NKUM).

Diagnosis. Glaucocharis pilcheri Gaskin, 1988 is similar to G. taphrophracta (Meyrick, 1934) in male genitalia, but can be separated by the costa with a subbasal prong and a apical prong, the phallus with a row of small cornuti in the male genitalia; the antrum with sparse tiny spines on anterior half, the ductus bursae with a loop at about middle, and the ductus seminalis arising from about middle of ductus bursae in the female genitalia. In G. taphrophracta , the costa lacks the prong, the phallus bears two long and thin cornuti; the antrum is smooth, the ductus bursae is straight, and the ductus seminalis is situated at the anterior one third of the ductus bursae.

Description. Adult forewing length 5.5–7.0 mm.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 28 ). Papilla analis ovate, slightly shorter than apophysis posterioris. Tergite eight about half length of apophysis anterioris. Antrum straight tubular, anterior half sparsely covered with tiny spines. Ductus bursae long and thin, curved slgihtly, looped at about middle. Ductus seminalis arising from middle of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae rounded; signa double and rounded, one placed at about posterior one sixth of corpus bursae, another placed at about posterior one third of corpus bursae.

Distribution. China (Tibet), Sikkim.

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for China, with female described here for the first time. Wang et al. (1988) described and figured the male adult and genitalia.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 29. Female genitalia of Glaucocharis spp. 26. G. s e t o s a sp. n., paratype, genitalia slide No. LWC 08262; 27. G. incisella (Bleszynski), genitalia slide No. LWC 08269; 28. G. pilcheri Gaskin, genitalia slide No. LWC 07099; 29. G. huanggangensis Song & Chen, genitalia slide No. LWC 07210 (scales: 0.5 mm).