Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 24

52. Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907

Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 17: 976. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Maskeliya )”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Lobesia proterandra Meyrick, 1921 , Zool. Meded 6: 155. Type locality: Indonesia, “ Java, Ardjoeno”. Syntypes (1♁, 1♀): NCB .

Lobesia dryopelta Meyrick, 1932 , Exotic Microlepid. 4: 225. Type locality: Indonesia, “ Java, teak-forest”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Lobesia eustales Bradley, 1956 , Bull. Br. Mus. ( Nat . Hist.) Ent. 4: 146. Type locality: Australia, “ Lord Howe Island , Mt. Lidgbird ”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka ( Meyrick 1907), Africa and Myanmar ( Bradley 1961), Japan (Esaki et al. 1971; Bae & Komai 1991; Nasu & Komai 2013), Korea ( Bae & Park 1992; Byun et al. 1998), Indonesia, Malaysia, and China ( Robinson et al. 1994), Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013), Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh, 2017), and India ( Pathania et al. 2020).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang), and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Khitchakut N.P. and Khao Soi Dao W.S.), Chonburi Prov. (Khao Kheow Open Zoo and Pattaya), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S., Doi Inthanon N.P., Doi Pakia, and Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.), Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), S–– Chumphon Prov. (Lang Suan) and Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Chaloem Rattanakosin N.P. and Thong Pha Phum N.P.) and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) ( Bae 1995; Pinkaew 2007; Roland, personal communication; KKIC).

Host plants: In Thailand, caterpillars feed on Fabaceae : Pithecellobium dulce and Sapindaceae : Lepisanthes rubinigosa ( Brown et al. 2019; Roland, personal communication). Caterpillars also feed on Actinidiaceae : Actinidia chinensis , Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica , Apocynaceae : Rauvolfia vomitoria , Aquifoliaceae : Ilex integerrima , Asteraceae : Ageratum sp. , Blumea lacera , Dendranthema morifolium , Pluchea indica , Solidago canadensis , and Vernonia sp. , Ebenaceae : Diospyros kaki , Euphorbiaceae : Glochidion hongkongense , Glochidion zeylanicum , Jatropha curcas , Ricinus communis , and Uapaca guineensis , Fabaceae : Albizia julibrissin , Baikiaea robynsii , Caesalpinia sp. , and Cajanus cajan , Fagaceae : Quercus acutissima , Lamiaceae : Leucas cephalotes and Perilla frutescens , Lauraceae : Lindera sp. , Malvaceae : Althaea sp. , Gossypium sp. , and Hibiscus rostellatus , Moraceae : Maclura excelsa , Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus sp. and Syzygium jambos , Poaceae : Pennisetum sp. , Sorghum sp. , and Zea mays , Rosaceae : Chaenomeles sinensis , Eriobotrya japonica , Prunus yedoensis , Pseudocydonia sinensis , and Pyracantha angustifolia , Rubiaceae : Coffea arabica , Coffea canephora , Rutaceae : Aegle marmelos and Citrus sp. , Sapindaceae : Litchi chinensis and Nephelium lappaceum , Sterculiaceae : Melochia indica and Melochia odorata , Theaceae : Camellia sinensis and Ternstroemia gymnanthera , Tiliaceae : Triumfetta sp. , Ulmaceae : Ulmus parvifolia , Verbenaceae : Lantana camara , and Vitaceae : Vitis labrusca ( Diakonoff 1954; Brown et al. 2008; Robinson et al. 2023). Many host plants were recorded from Japan ( Bae & Komai 1991; Nasu 1993).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 25– 1,500 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.