Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 51-52

141. Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)

Eucosma leucaspis Meyrick , in Gardiner , 1902, Fauna Geogr. Maldive Laccadive Arch. 1: 126. Type locality: Maldives, “Minikoi Island”. Lectotype (♁): UMCE.

Argyroploce leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902) : Meyrick, 1909, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19: 592.

Olethreutes leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 524, pl. 261, Figs. 4–4a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 242, Figs. 349–353, 361 (♁, ♀ genitalia).

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives Is., Myanmar, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka ( Robinson et al. 1994), Japan ( Nasu & Komai 2013), Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017), and India ( Pathania et al. 2020).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Saraburi Prov. (Namtok Samlan N.P.) and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest, Forest Entomology Research Center, Khao Soi Dao W.S., Khlong Narai Waterfall, and Philo Waterfall N.P.), Chonburi Prov. (Khao Kheow Open Zoo), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), and Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S., Doi Inthanon N.P., Doi Pakia, Doi Pha Hom Pok N.P., Doi Suthep-Pui N.P., Fang, Huai Hong Krai, and Mae-Sa), NE–– Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.) and Ranong Prov. (Na Kha), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Ban Tha Kradan Community Forestry, Ban Wang Sing Community Forestry, Chaloem Rattanakosin N.P., and Mae Lamun Forest Protection Unit) and Ratchaburi Prov. (National and Wildlife Education Center) ( Kawabe, 1989; Pinkaew, 2007; KKIC).

Host plants: In Thailand, caterpillar feeds on Sapindaceae : Dimocarpus longan , Litchi chinensis , and Nephelium lappaceum and Meliaceae : Lansium domesticum ( Kuroko & Lewvanich 1993) . Caterpillars also feed on Malvaceae : Malva sylvestris and Sapindaceae : Allophylus cobbe and Schleichera oleosa ( Robinson et al. 2023) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, moist evergreen forest, grassland, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 33– 1,264 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.