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Issue: Vol. 5543 No. 1: 2 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5543.1.4
Page range: 83-96
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Two remarkable new species of Glaucocharis (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) from the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan.
Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan.
Insect DX Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan
Entomological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Kyushu University; 744 Motooka; Nishi-ku; Fukuoka; 819-0395; Japan.
Lepidoptera diptychophorini genitalia taxonomy wing venation

Abstract

We describe two new species of the genus Glaucocharis from the Ogasawara Islands of Japan: G. triochellaris Matsui, Yagi & Hirowatari, sp. nov. and G. plumbofascialis Matsui, Yagi & Hirowatari, sp. nov. The new species with remarkable morphological characters are easily distinguished from congeneric species. We provide photographs of adult, male and female genitalia. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed a sister relationship between the two new species and the monophyly of Glaucocharis.

 

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