Gnathmocerodes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 20-21

42. Gnathmocerodes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909)

Argyroploce tonsoria Meyrick, 1909 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 19: 592. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Bentota )”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Olethreutes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 556, pl. 277, Figs. 2–2a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Gnathmocerodes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909) : Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U. S. natn. Mus. 257(1967), p. 72.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka ( Meyrick 1909), Indonesia ( Diakonoff 1973), Japan ( Nasu & Komai

2013), and Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest and Khao Khitchakut N.P.) and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), S–– Krabi Prov., Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and Narathiwat Prov. (Hala-Bala W.S.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Promwong & Pinkaew 2011; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Anacardiaceae : Anacardium occidentale , Annonaceae : Annona muricata , Malvaceae : Urena lobata and Lecythidaceae : Barringtonia racemose ( Clarke 1958; Diakonoff 1973; Nedoshivina 2013; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen, mixed deciduous forest, and dry evergreen forest at 25– 400 m. Diakonoff (1971, 1973) did not mention about forest type and elevation.

Gonomomera Diakonoff, 1973

Gonomomera Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 443. Type species: Argyroploce halixanta Meyrick, 1910 .