64. Homona eductana (Walker, 1863)

Pandemis eductana Walker, 1863; List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 28: 310.

= Cacoecia difficilis Meyrick, 1928; Exotic Microlepid. 3: 456. TL:

TL: India, Hindostan ( eductana); Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching. ( difficilis).

Distribution: India (Andaman Islands); China; Borneo; Brunei; Indonesia (Java); Myanmar; Malaysia; Nepal; Philippine Islands; Sabah; Sarawak; Sulawesi; Thailand; Vietnam (Diakonoff 1968; Robinson et al. 1994; Nedoshivina 2013).

Hosts: Larvae are leaf rollers on many plants, including Durio zibethinus (Bombacaceae), Garcinia mangostana (Clusiaceae), Castanopsis fissa, Quercus oidocarpa (Fagaceae), Sandoricum indicum (Meliaceae), Melastoma malabathricum (Melastomataceae), Eucalyptus deglupta (Myrtaceae), Dimocarpus longan, Litchi sinensis, Nephelium lappaceum (Sapindaceae), and Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2001; Brown et al. 2008).

Illustrations: Adult (Nedoshivina 2013: 221) and genitalia (Clarke 1858: 39).