318. Gatesclarkeana erotias (Meyrick, 1905)

Platypeplus erotias Meyrick, 1905; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16: 585

TL: Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], Peradeniya.

Distribution: India; Australia (Key Island); New Guinea; Sri Lanka; Timor, Thailand (Diakonoff 1973, 1982; Koçak & Kemal 2012).

Hosts: Larval hosts include Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Cynoglossum sp. ( Boraginaceae), Mallotus repandus (Euphorbiaceae), Bauhinia purpurea (Fabaceae), Loranthus sp. ( Loranthaceae), Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae), Sapindus mukorossi (Sapindaceae), Gauzuma tomentosa (Sterculiaceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) (Fletcher 1921, 1932, Simon Thomas 1962, Diakonoff 1971, 1982).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 507, Diakonoff 1968).