Phaecadophora fimbriata Walsingham, 1900

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 37-38

96. Phaecadophora fimbriata Walsingham, 1900

Phaecadophora fimbriata Walsingham, 1900 , Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)6: 130 Type locality: Japan, “ Kyushu, Satsuma [Kagoshima Prefecture]”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Argyroploce metactenis Meyrick, 1909 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 19: 597. Type locality: India, “ Assam, Khasi Hills ”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Argyroploce eucrossa Meyrick, 1914 , Suppl. Ent. 3: 49. Type locality: Taiwan (Formosa). Holotype (♁): DEIB.

Argyroploce eaolotechna Meyrick , in: Caradja & Meyrick, 1935, Mat. Microlepid. Fauna Chin. Prov. : 60. Type locality: China, “Kiangsu Prov., Lungtan bei Nanking”. Lectotype (♁): MGAB.

Argyroploce leucocteis Diakonoff, 1953 , Verh. Konin. Neder. Akad. Weten. (2) 49(3): 112. Type locality: New Guinea, “ Moss Forest Camp, 5 km NE Lake Habbema ”. Holotype (♁): NCB.

Phaecadophora eaolotechna (Meyrick, 1935) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 571, pl. 251, Figs. 3–3b (wing, abdomen, ♁ genitalia).

Eudemis fimbriata (Walsingham, 1900) : Issiki, in: Esaki et al., 1957: 69, Fig. 328.

Distribution outside Thailand: India ( Meyrick 1909), New Guinea ( Diakonoff 1953), China ( Clarke 1958), Japan (Esaki et al. 1971; Nasu & Komai 2013), Brunei, Indonesia, Nepal, and Taiwan ( Robinson et al. 1994), and Korea ( Sohn et al. 2015).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Soi Dao W.S.) and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.), Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), and Loei Prov. (Phu Ruea N.P), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest) ( Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Fagaceae : Quercus acutissima , Q. glauca , Q. serrata , and Q. variabilis ( Robinson et al. 2023) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 30– 1,420 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.

Phaecasiophora Grote, 1873

Phaecasiophora Grote, 1873 , Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat . Sci. 1: 90. Type species: Sciaphila confixana Walker, 1863 .

Megasyca Diakonoff, 1959, Ark. Zool. (2)12: 171. Type species: Sericoris mutabilana Clemens, 1865 [= Sciaphila confixana Walker, 1863 ]. [subgenus of Phaecasiophora ]