Ophiorrhabda mormopa (Meyrick, 1906)

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 34

86. Ophiorrhabda mormopa (Meyrick, 1906)

Platypeplus mormopa Meyrick, 1906 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 17: 136. Type locality: Sri Lanka , “ Ceylon [ Sri Lanka]

( Maskeliya)”. Lectotype (♁): NHM. Olethreutes mormopa (Meyrick, 1906) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 531, pl. 264, Figs. 2–2a (wing, ♁

genitalia). Olethreutes melanocycla “Common , in Waterhouse”, 1970. Insects Australia: 799. no type Lasiognatha mormopa (Meyrick, 1906) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 430, Figs. 585, 629–630, 634

(head, wing, ♁, ♀ genitalia). Ophiorrhabda mormopa (Meyrick, 1906) : Horak et al., 1996, Monogr. Austral. Lepid. 4:132.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka (Meyrick 1906), Philippine Is. ( Diakonoff 1968), Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, and Philippine Is. ( Robinson et al. 1994), Australia ( Horak et al. 1996, Horak 2006), Japan ( Nasu & Komai 2013), Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013), Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017), and India ( Pathania et al. 2020).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang), and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Khitchakut N.P. and Khao Kluea), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Koh Kood Island and Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. and Fang), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.) and Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), S–– Narathiwat Prov. (Hala-Bala W.S.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) ( Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; Roland, personal communication; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Melastomataceae : Memecylon edule , Myrtaceae : Eugenia aquea , E. cumini , E. polyantha , Jambosa vulgaris and Syzygium jambos , and Rutaceae : Citrus sp. ( Diakonoff 1968, 1973, 1982; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, pine forest, and hill evergreen forest at 25– 1,420 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.