Dicephalarcha herbosa ( 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 : 15

28. Dicephalarcha herbosa ( Meyrick, 1909)

Argyroploce herbosa Meyrick, 1909 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 19: 600. Type locality: India, “ Assam, Khasi Hills ”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Argyroploce mniopyrrha Meyrick, 1931 , Exotic Microlepid. 4: 134. Type locality: Indonesia, “ Java, Buitenzorg ”. Holotype (♀): NHM.

Olethreutes herbosa ( Meyrick, 1909) : Clarke, 1958: British Museum (Natural History) 3: 519, pl. 258, Figs. 1–1a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Dicephalarcha herbosa ( Meyrick, 1909) : Diakonoff, 1973: Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 258, Figs. 395, 399 (♁, ♀ genitalia).

Distribution outside Thailand: India ( Meyrick 1909), Indonesia ( Meyrick 1931; Diakonoff 1973), Borneo ( Diakonoff 1973), Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013), and Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Khitchakut N.P.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), and NE–– Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) ( Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Euphorbiaceae : Bridelia sp. and Cleistanthus sp. ( Nedoshivina 2013; Robinson et al. 2023)

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in the moist evergreen forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 92– 1,250 m.