Sycacantha choanantha Diakonoff, 1971

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 53

146. Sycacantha choanantha Diakonoff, 1971

Sycacantha choanantha Diakonoff, 1971 , Verff. Zool. Staatsamml. Mnchen 15: 192. Type locality: Thailand, “ South Thailand (20 km E Krabi)”. Holotype (♀): ZSM.

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia and Myanmar ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest, Khao Soi Dao W.S., and Phlio Waterfall N.P.), and Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S.), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.), Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), S–– Krabi Prov., Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and Phang Nga Prov. (Sri Phang Nga N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest) and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Kawabe 1989; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown.

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, moist evergreen forest, grassland, mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 33– 974 m. Diakonoff (1971, 1973) did not mention about forest type and elevation.