Glaucocharis clytia ( Błeszyński, 1966 )

Léger, Théo, 2024, Half of the Diversity Undescribed: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals 32 New Species and a High Cryptic Diversity in the Scopariinae and Crambinae of the Philippines (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 3 (2), pp. 1-93 : 25

Glaucocharis clytia ( Błeszyński, 1966)

Figs. 20 , 77 , 136 .

Pareromene clytia Błeszyński, 1966: 459 , fig. 20, pl. 40 fig. 3. Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Fort de Kock.

Glaucocharis clytia ( Błeszyński, 1966) : Gaskin 1974: 192-194, figs. 5, 22.

MATERIAL

Material examined: 7 ♂, 6 ♀ (detailed information in Table S1; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b8gtht7mh) .

SIMILAR SPECIES

Glaucocharis hamulus sp. n., Glaucocharis kabundukanis sp. n., and Glaucocharis species of the ajaxella group.

DIAGNOSIS

Glaucocharis clytia ( Fig. 20 ) is very similar in the forewing pattern to G. kabundukanis sp. n. and G. hamulus sp. n. In male genitalia ( Fig. 77 ), the bifid costal projection unambiguously separates this species from other Glaucocharis species from the Philippines. The female genitalia ( Fig. 136 ) share the cruciform-shaped signum on corpus bursae with G. kabundukanis sp. n. and species from the ajaxella species group from Papua, but the two sharp prongs of the antrum posterior margin projected posterad separate this species from other Glaucocharis species.

DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE GENITALIA ( FIG. 77 )

Uncus ca 7/10 X tegumen length, slender, apex pointed, with ventral and dorsal patches of setae. Gnathos 9/10 X uncus length, slender, straight, with small apical tip pointing upwards. Tegumen arms narrow, with subtriangular bump on posterior margin. Costal process with ventral arm ca 1.5 X valva length, dorsal arm much shorter, S-shaped. Valva triangular, dorsal and ventral margins straight, with 3-4 sclerotized bristles at its base, valva apex pointed. Juxta elongate, with apex conspicuously notched. Phallus slen-der, straight. Vesica with one short cornutus.

DISTRIBUTION

INDONESIA: Sumatra. MALAYSIA: Borneo. PHILIPPINES: Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros. Collected at altitudes between 750 and 1300 m.

DNA BARCODING

The highest intraspecific divergence observed is of 4.3% between MFNLEP030 from Negros and MFNLEP031 from Mindoro.

REMARKS

This is the first description of the male genitalia. This species is recorded here for the first time from the Philippines.

Figures

Figs 16-23. Forewings of Eudonia, Micraglossa and Glaucocharis species. Fig. 16. Eudonia barbipennis (Hampson, 1897), ♀, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_a5b998, left wing (mirrored). Fig. 17. Micraglossa tagalica Nuss, 1998, specimen coll.mfnberlin.de_u_103d65, right wing. Fig. 18. Micraglossa polisensis sp. n., ♂, holotype, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_c6cac, right wing. Fig. 19. Micraglossa kianganensis sp. n., ♂, holotype, specimen MTD11400, right wing. Fig. 20. Glaucocharis clytia (Bleszynski, 1966), ♀, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_305595, right wing. Fig. 21. Glaucocharis lathonia (Bleszynski, 1966), ♀, specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_bad563, right wing. Fig. 22. Glaucocharis kabundukanis sp. n., specimen coll.mfn-berlin.de_u_9ba8f0, paratype, right wing. Fig. 23. Glaucocharis altissima sp. n., specimen coll.mfnberlin.de_u_57e7fa, ♂, paratype, right wing.

Figs 76-81. Male genitalia of Micraglossa and Glaucocharis species. Fig. 76. Micraglossa kianganensis sp. n., holotype, slide TL1296♂. Fig. 77. Glaucocharis clytia (Bleszynski, 1966), slide TL1073♂. Fig. 78. Glaucocharis lathonia (Bleszynski, 1966), slide TL1324♂. Fig. 79. Glaucocharis kabundukanis sp. n., paratype, slide TL993♂. Fig. 80. Glaucocharis altissima sp. n., paratype, slide TL1323♂. Fig. 81. Glaucocharis hamulus sp. n., holotype, slide TL1333♂.

Figs 136-139. Female genitalia of Glaucocharis species. Fig. 136. Glaucocharis clytia (Bleszynski, 1966), slide TL994♀. Fig. 137. Glaucocharis lathonia (Bleszynski, 1966), slide TL1329♀. Fig. 138. Glaucocharis kabundukanis sp. n., paratype, slide TL774♀. Fig. 139. Glaucocharis altissima sp. n., paratype, slide TL1313♀.