Gnathmocerodes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 20-21

42. Gnathmocerodes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909)

Argyroploce tonsoria Meyrick, 1909 , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 19: 592. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “ Ceylon [Sri Lanka] ( Bentota )”. Holotype (♂): NHM.

Olethreutes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 556, pl. 277, Figs. 2–2a (wing, ♂ genitalia).

Gnathmocerodes tonsoria ( Meyrick, 1909) : Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus. 257(1967), p. 72.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka ( Meyrick 1909), Indonesia ( Diakonoff 1973), Japan ( Nasu & Komai 2013), and Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest and Khao Khitchakut N.P.) and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), S–– Krabi Prov., Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and Narathiwat Prov. (Hala-Bala W.S.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) ( Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Promwong & Pinkaew 2011; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Anacardiaceae : Anacardium occidentale , Annonaceae : Annona muricata , Malvaceae : Urena lobata and Lecythidaceae : Barringtonia racemose ( Clarke 1958; Diakonoff 1973; Nedoshivina 2013; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen, mixed deciduous forest, and dry evergreen forest at 25– 400 m. Diakonoff (1971, 1973) did not mention about forest type and elevation.