Lobesia fetialis ( Meyrick, 1920 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 25

55. Lobesia fetialis ( Meyrick, 1920)

Polychrosis fetialis Meyrick, 1920 , Exotic Microlepid. 2: 346. Type locality: India, “Bengal, Pusa”. Holotype (♁): NHM. Lobesia (Lobesia) transtrifera ( Meyrick, 1920) : Diakonoff, 1954, Zool. Verh. Leiden 22: 19.

Lobesia fetialis ( Meyrick, 1920) : Fletcher, 1932, Imp. Coun. of Agr. Res. [of India], Sci. Monograph 2.

Distribution outside Thailand: India ( Meyrick 1920), Indonesia ( Diakonoff 1954), New Guinea and Sri Lanka ( Diakonoff 1973).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest, Khao Khitchakut N.P., and Khao Soi Dao W.S.) and Chonburi Prov. (Khao Kheow Open Zoo and Pattaya), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S.), NE–– Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.), Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.), and Prachuap Khiri Khan Prov. (Kui Buri N.P.) ( Bae 1995; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Euphorbiaceae : Bridelia sp. , Lamiaceae : Leucas sp. , Lecythidaceae : Barringtonia spicata , Oleaceae : Jasminum sambac , Rubiaceae : Tarenna incerta , Rutaceae : Euodia accedens , Sapindaceae : Allophylus cobbe , and Verbenaceae : Clerodendrum serratum and Lantana camara ( Meyrick 1920; Diakonoff 1954; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 30– 1,140 m.