Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 16

30. Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)

Eccopsis aprobola Meyrick, 1886 , Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1886: 275. Type locality: Tonga. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Platypepus aprobola (Meyrick, 1886) : Clarke, 1958: British Museum (Natural History) 3: 572, pl. 285, Figs. 1–1a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Hedya (Platypeplus) aprobola (Meyrick, 1886) : Diakonoff, 1968: Bull. U. S. Natn. Mus. 257: 46, Fig. 523 (wing).

Temnolopha metallota Lower, 1901 , Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral. 25: 73. Type locality: Australia, “ Queensland, Cocktown”. Syntype (♁): SAMA .

Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886) : Diakonoff, 1971: Veroff. Zool. Staatssamml. Munchen. 15: 191.

Dudua aprobola kusaiensis Clarke, 1976 , Insects Micronesia 9: 86. Type locality: Micronesia, “ Micronesia (Kusaie, Mutunlik)”. Holotype (♁): USNM. [subspecies of Dudua aprobola ]

Distribution outside Thailand: Widely distributed throughout Asia to Australia regions ( Clarke 1958, 1976; Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Kawabe 1989; Robinson et al. 1994; Horak 2006; Yu & Li 2006a; Nasu & Komai 2013; Nedoshivina 2013; Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Bangkok Prov., Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Nakhon Pathom Prov. (Kasetsart University), Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang), and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S., Doi Suthep-Pui N.P., Fang, and Huai Hong Krai), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Chulabhorn Dam and Phu Khieo W.S.), Loei Prov. (Phu Ruea N.P.), Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), and Ubon Ratchathani Prov. (Sirindhorn Dam), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest, Forest Entomology Research Center, Khao Khitchakut N.P., and Khao Kluea), Chonburi Prov. (Khao Kheow Open Zoo and Pattaya), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Koh Kood Is. and 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. (Ban Wang Sing Community Forest, Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest, and Thong Pha Phum N.P.) and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Kawabe 1989; Promwong & Pinkaew 2011; Roland, personal communication; KKIC).

Host plants: In Thailand, caterpillars feed on Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica, Guttiferae : Garcinia mangostana , Sapindaceae : Dimocarpus longan and Litchi chinensis ( Kuroko & Lewvanich, 1993) , and Fabaceae : Cassia fistula (Roland, personal communication). Caterpillars also feed on Anacardiaceae : Anacardium occidentale and Buchanania arborescens , Annonaceae : Polyalthia longifolia , Asteraceae : Bidens pilosa and Dahlia sp. , Dipterocarpaceae : Shorea robusta and S. roxburghii , Euphorbiaceae : Glochidion sp. , Fabaceae : Albizia procera , Arachis hypogaea , Bauhinia sp. , Flemingia macrophylla , Inocarpus fagifer , Senna obtusifolia , S. tora , Tamarindus indica , and Xylia xylocarpa , Gramineae : Oryza glaberrima and Panicum galli , Lauraceae : Cinnamomum zeylanicum , Loranthaceae : Loranthus sp. , Lythraceae : Lagerstroemia speciosa , Malvaceae : Abelmoschus moschatus , Moraceae : Ficus sp. , Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus sp. , Eugenia aquea , E. jambos , Melaleuca leucadendra , M. quinquenervia , Metrosideros collina , M. villosa , Psidium guajava , Syzygium cumini , and S. jambos , Plumbaginaceae : Plumbago zeylanica , Proteaceae Macadamia sp. , Rosaceae : Rosa nigra and R. sp., Salicaceae : Salix tetrasperma , Sapindaceae : Nephelium sp. , Schleichera oleosa , and S. trijuga , Theaceae : Camellia sinensis , and Verbenaceae : Lantana camara ( Diakonoff 1973; Clarke 1976; Horak 2006; Soumya et al. 2017; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, grassland, and hill evergreen forest at 3– 1,338 m.