Statherotis discana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

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

140. Statherotis discana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Tortrix ? discana Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 , Reise st. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) (2): 5, pl. 137, Fig. 41. Type locality: Molucca Islands, “Amboina”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Statherotis discana cuneata Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 247. Type locality: Indonesia, “ East Java, Tengger Mountains, Tretes”. Holotype (♁): NCB. [subspecies of discana ]

Statherotis discana saturate Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 246. Type locality: Indonesia, “ West Java, Gede-Panggrango Mountains, Tjibodas”. Holotype (♁): NCB. [ Statherotis discana form]

Distribution outside Thailand: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, and Philippine Is. ( Diakonoff 1973), Japan ( Komai et al. 2011; Nasu & Komai 2013), Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017), and India ( Pathania et al. 2020).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Khitchakut N.P. and Phlio Waterfall N.P.), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S., Doi Suthep-Pui N.P., Fang, and Mae Sa), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (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), S–– Chumphon Prov. (Lang Suan) and Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W– – Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P. and Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest) ( Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; Promwong & Pinkaew 2011; KKIC).

Host plants: In Thailand, caterpillars feed on Sapindaceae : Dimocarpus longan , Litchi chinensis , and Nephelium lappaceum ( Kuroko & Lewvanich, 1993) . Caterpillars also feed on Myrtaceae : Eugenia polyantha and Oxalidaceae : Averrhoa carambola ( Robinson et al. 2023) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, grassland, moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 33– 1,264 m.