35. Archips termias (Meyrick, 1918)

Cacoecia termias Meyrick, 1918; Exotic Microlepid. 2: 164.

= Cacoecia sarcostega Meyrick, 1924; Exotic Microlepid. 3: 106.

= Archips termias argutus Diakonoff, 1976; Zool. Verh. Leiden 144: 91.

= Homona termias stenoptycha Diakonoff, 1951; Ark. Zool. 3 (2): 65.

TL: India, Assam, Shillong [now in Meghalaya] ( termias); India, Kumaon, Muktesar ( sarcostega); Nepal, Prov. No. 3 East, Bujan, Dudh Kosi (argutus); Burma [= Myanmar], Kambaiti Pass (stenoptycha).

Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand); Bhutan; China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Vietnam (Diakonoff 1951, 1971, 1976; Nedoshivina 2013).

Hosts: This species is a serious local pest of Malus sp. ( Rosaceae) in India; it has been reared in September from larvae boring in fruits. Larvae are polyphagus on fruit trees and other plants, including Acacia nilotica (Fabaceae), Cydonia oblonga, Malus pumila, Prunus persica (Rosaceae), Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae), and Citrus (Rutaceae) (Meyrick 1920, 1936; Flecther 1932; Janjua 1940; Mathur et al. 1958; Verma 1988; Bhardwaj & Chandler 1993; Bhagat et al. 1994; Sharma et al. 2005).

Illustrations: Adult (Nedoshivina 2013: 221) and genitalia (Clarke 1858: 51; Rose & Pooni 2004: 149).