Sycacantha inopinata Diakonoff, 1973

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 55

153. Sycacantha inopinata Diakonoff, 1973

Sycacantha inopinata Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 159. Type locality: Indonesia, “ Bali Island ”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia ( Diakonoff 1973) and Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013).

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., Khao Kluea, and Khao Soi Dao W.S.), Chonburi Prov. (Khao Kheow Open Zoo), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Inthanon N.P., Doi Pakia, and Huai Hong Krai), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.), Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), and Ubon Ratchathani Prov. (Sirindhorn Dam), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.) and Phang Nga Prov. (Lampi Waterfall), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest and Thong Pha Phum N.P.) and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.), ( Kawabe 1987 a, 1989; Promwong & Pinkaew 2011; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown.

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen forest, grassland, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 46– 1,500 m.