Glyphipterix Hübner, [1825]

Glyphipterix Hübner, [1825]: 421. Type species designated by plenary power as Tinea bergstraesserella Fabricius, 1781, ICZN (Z. N. (S.) 2115).

Heribeia Stephens, 1829: 207. Type species: Tinea forsterella Fabricius, 1787.

Aechmia Treitschke, 1833: 69. Type species: Tinea fyeslella Fabricius, 1794.

Glyphipteryx Zeller, 1839: 181. (nec Glyphipteryx Curtis, 1827), (emendation)

Anacampsoides Bruand, [1851]: 32. Type species: Heribeia simpliciella Stephens, 1834.

Diagnostic characters. Small dark fuscous moths, usually with white and silvery-metallic forewing markings or more colorful maculation. Wing venation (Fig. 1): forewing with R1 reaching or before costal 2/3, R5 to termen, CuA1 from lower angle of cell, CuA2 diversely originating from before lower angle, CuP vestigial, vein 1A+2A furcated at base, 3A only as a fragment on dorsum, accessory cell present, sometimes weak; hindwing with Rs from upper angle of cell to costa just before apex, Rs to M2 diversely shifted towards upper angle of cell, separate, median stem present in cell, CuA2 from well before lower angle, CuP vestigial, 1A+2A with long basal fork, 3A distant from anal margin. Male genitalia: Tube analis well-developed; gnathos absent; valva simple, densely haired, transtilla developed; aedeagus elongate, with dense spines distally, with a tubular cornutus. Female genitalia: Papilla analis simple, setose, sometimes strongly sclerotized; ostium bursae on intersegmental membrane between seventh and eighth abdominal segments, a funnel or shallow cup, membranous, sometimes sclerotized anteriorly; ductus bursae usually long and thin, sometimes short and thick; corpus bursae mostly ovate, with cestum present or absent, usually lacking signum; ductus seminalis from ductus bursae or from corpus bursae near ductus bursae.

Biology. Glyphipterix species are known as sedge moths, which are found on or near their host plants in daytime. They feed mainly on plants of Araceae, Crassulaceae, Cyperaceae, Gramineae, and Juncaceae (Arita & Heppner 1992).

Distribution. Glyphipterix is cosmopolitan. However, only G. haworthana (Stephens, 1834) is known from the Holarctic Region (Diakonoff 1986).