Sycacantha inodes ( Meyrick, 1911 )

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

152. Sycacantha inodes ( Meyrick, 1911)

Argyroploce inodes Meyrick, 1911 , Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 36: 269. Type locality: New Guinea, “ New Guinea (Woodlark Island)”. Holotype (♀): NHM.

Sycacantha inodes perspicua Diakonoff, 1968 , Bull. U. S. natn. Mus. 257 (1967): 61. Type locality: Philippine Islands, “Luzon, Mt. Makiling”. Holotype (♁): USNM. [subspecies of inodes ]

Sycacantha inodes celebensis Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 149. Type locality: Indonesia, “West Celebes, Palu District, Loda”. Holotype (♁): NHM. [subspecies of inodes ]

Distribution outside Thailand: New Guinea ( Meyrick 1911), Indonesia, New Guinea, and Solomon Is. ( Diakonoff 1973), Brunei, Malaysia, and Philippine Is. ( Robinson et al. 1994), Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013), and Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Pathom Prov. (Kasetsart University), Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Saraburi Prov. (Namtok Samlan N.P.), and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest, Khao Khitchakut N.P., and Khao Kluea), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. and Huai Hong Krai), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Chulabhorn Dam and Phu Khieo W.S.), Nakhon Ratchsima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), S–– Krabi Prov., Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and Narathiwat Prov. (Hala-Bala W.S.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest and Thong Pha Phum N.P.), Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.), and Ratchaburi Prov. (National and Wildlife Education Center) ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Annonaceae : Annona muricata ( Diakonoff 1973; 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 15– 1,140 m. Diakonoff (1971, 1973) did not mention about forest type and elevation. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.