Sycacantha formosa 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 : 54

151. Sycacantha formosa Diakonoff, 1971

Sycacantha formosa Diakonoff, 1971 , Verff. Zool. Staatsamml. Mnchen 15: 194. Type locality: Thailand, “ South Thailand (20 km E Krabi)”. Holotype (♁): ZSM.

Sycacantha formosa rutile Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 144. Type locality: Malaysia, “ North Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching, Matang Road”. Holotype (♁): NCB. [subspecies of formosa ]

Distribution outside Thailand: Malaysia (North Borneo) ( Diakonoff 1973).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Soi Dao W.S. and Phlio Waterfall N.P.) and Trat Prov. (Khao Saming and Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. and Fang), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.), S–– Krabi Prov. and Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Kawabe 1987a; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown.

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, moist evergreen forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 30– 1,264 m.