Glaucocharis elegantella; PED 5

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  Taxonomy

  
  

  The type of Glaucocharis elegantella Shaffer-Gaskin MS* from Brunei, (Bukit Pagon, Ulu Temburong) is in the NHM.
  
  *Gaskin (1985) described 16 new sp. of Glaucocharis but in the NHM there are several other Glaucocharis sp. labeled as holotypes [probably by Shaffer] but we cannot find any publication ref. associated with them. Until this is clarified we are treating those names as Shaffer-Gaskin MS names.

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  Description

  
  

  Wing length : 5mm. As in all Glaucocharis spp. the FW is slightly bifalcate. It is ochreous with darker orange streaks and a speckling of darker scales with a crescentic black discal spot. It is crossed by two dark edged pale lines in the antemedian and postmedian areas. A series of short grey-blue lines angle outwards from the FW costa. The termen has indistinct black spotting but two above the tornus are larger and more prominent. The HW is mainly white but it has a darker marginal line and a long pale fringes.

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  Distribution & Habitat

  
  

  Sabah, Brunei (Bkt Pagon). Sub-montane (hill forest) to upper montane, mountain ridge top vegetation; 1360-1585m.

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  Life History & Pest Status

  
  

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  Similar spp.

  
  

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  Unrelated Look-alikes

  
  

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  References

  
  

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  Genitalia

  
  

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  DNA Barcode

  
  

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  3D Imaging

  
  

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  Spare

  
  

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KEY TO TABS
(1) Taxonomy, (2) Description, (3) Distribution & Habitat, (4) Life History & Pest Status, (5) Similar spp., (6) Unrelated Look-alikes, (7) References, (8) Genitalia, (9) DNA Barcode, (10) 3D Imaging, (11) Spare