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Gnathmocerodes tonsoria

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand.

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 5349 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5349.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391100

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHM
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Gnathmocerodes
Species
tonsoria
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Gnathmocerodes tonsoria (Meyrick, 1909) sec. Muadsub & Pinkaew, 2023

References

  • Meyrick, E. (1909) Description of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 19, 582 - 607.
  • Clarke, J. F. G. (1958) Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. Vol. III. British Museum (Natural History), London, 600 pp.
  • Diakonoff, A. (1968) Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands. United States National Museum Bulletin, 257, 1 - 484. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.257.1
  • Diakonoff, A. (1973) The South Asiatic Olethreutini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zoologische Monographieen van het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, 1, 1 - 700.
  • Nasu, Y. & Komai, F. (2013) Olethreutinae. In: Nasu, Y., Hirowatari, T. & Kishida, Y. (Eds.). The Standard of Moths in Japan. IV. Gakken Education Publishing, Tokyo, pp. 198 - 272.
  • Nedoshivina, S. V. (2013) Lepidoptera Heterocera of Vietnam: Family Tortricidae. Promotion Technology Corporation Publishing, Ulyanovsk, 240 pp. [in Russian]
  • Diakonoff, A. (1971) South Asiatic Tortricidae from the Zoological Collection of the Bavarian State (Lepidoptera). Verofentlichungen der Zoologischen Sraatssammlung Munchen, 15, 167 - 202.
  • Promwong, W. & Pinkaew, N. (2011) New records of two Olethreutini species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Khao Nan National Park, Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 5 (1), 67 - 82.
  • Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernandez, L. M. (2023) HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants [Data set]. Natural History Museum, London. Available from: http: // doi. org / 10.5519 / havt 50 xw (accessed 3 July 2023)