26. Archips machlopis (Meyrick, 1912)

Cacoecia machlopis Meyrick, 1912; Exotic Microlepid. 1: 4.

TL: India, Assam, Khasi Hills [now in Meghalaya].

Distribution: India (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Bengal); China (Badong, Jianxi); Indonesia (Java); Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sumatra; Thailand; Vietnam (Robinson et al. 1994; Pawan et al. 2008; Nedoshivina 2013).

Hosts: Larvae have been reported to feed on Araucaria cunninghamii (Araucariaceae), Durio zibethinus (Bombacaceae), Gloriosa superba (Colchicaceae), Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae), Cassia fistula, Acacia nilotica, Medicago sativa, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus, Stylosanthes guianensis, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae), Litsea monopetala, Persea americana (Lauraceae), Gossypium herbaceum (Malvaceae), Cedrela toona, Lansium domesticum, Toona ciliata (Meliaceae), Morus indica (Moraceae), Jasminum sambac (Oleaceae), Averrhoa carambola (Oxalidaceae), Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae), Citrus sinensis, Citrus medica (Rutaceae), Santalum album (Santalaceae), Litchi chinensis, Nephelium lappaceum (Sapindaceae), Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), and Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) (Robinson et al. 2001; Brown et al. 2008).

Illustrations: Adult (Nedoshivina 2013: 220) and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 40, 43; Rose & Pooni 2004: 149).