Phaecasiophora cornigera Diakonoff, 1959

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 38-39

99. Phaecasiophora cornigera Diakonoff, 1959

Phaecasiophora cornigera Diakonoff, 1959 , Ark. Zool. (2) 12: 180. Type locality: India, “ Assam, Khasis, Cherra Punji ”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Phaecasiophora cornigera burmensis Diakonoff, 1959 , Ark. Zool. (2) 12: 171. Type locality: Myanmar, “ Myanmar ( Kambaiti )”. Holotype (♁): NHRS. [subspecies of Phaecasiophora cornigera ]

Phaecasiophora (Megasyca) cornigera birmensis Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 121. no type [misspelling of Phaecasiophora cornigera burmensis ]

Distribution outside Thailand: India and Myanmar ( Diakonoff 1959b; Pathania et al. 2020), Brunei, Malaysia, and Sabah ( Robinson et al. 1994), China ( Yu & Li 2006b) and Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: E–– Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), NE–– Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan Prov.) and Ranong Prov. (Na Kha) ( Kawabe 1987a; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars have been reared from old dry leaves of Cinnamomum verum (Lauraceae) ( Robinson et al. 1994).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in moist evergreen forest and dry evergreen forest and 93– 700 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.