277. Heleanna physalodes (Meyrick, 1910)

Rhopobota physalodes Meyrick, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910: 368.

= Heleanna physalodes abundantia Clarke, 1976; Insects Micronesia 9: 15.

TL: Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], Chagos Islands, Isle du Coin ( physalodes); Micronesia, Kusaie, Pukusrik (abundantia).

Distribution: India (Bihar, Karnataka); Sri Lanka; Seychelles; Solomon Islands; Thailand (Clarke 1976; Pinkaew 2006).

Hosts: Larvae are reported from the flower buds and fruit of Cordia sp. ( Boraginaceae), Calophyllum inophyllum (Clusiaceae), and Barringtonia sp. ( Lecythidaceae) (Fletcher 1932; Clarke 1976).

Illustrations: Adult and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 279).