Megalota vera Diakonoff, 1966

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 28-29

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5349.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1D81D6B-B00F-4311-BADA-83F8432AFDFB
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8273879B-FFC4-FF85-B056-F96EFAF79DE8
treatment provided by	Plazi (2023-09-29 11:34:23, last updated 2023-11-11 08:49:20)
scientific name	Megalota vera Diakonoff, 1966
status

Treatment

67. Megalota vera Diakonoff, 1966 View in CoL

Megalota vera Diakonoff, 1966 View in CoL , Zool. Verh. Leiden 85: 54. Type locality: Bismark Archipelago , “Bismarck Islands (New Hannover) [ Papua New Guinea]”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Distribution outside Thailand: Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, ( Diakonoff 1973) and Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Khitchakut N.P.), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Chulabhorn Dam) and Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.) and Phuket Prov. (Ton Sai Waterfall), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest) ( Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; 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– 1,140 m.

Meiligma Diakonoff, 1973 *

Meiligma Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 308. Type species: Meiligma impigris Diakonoff, 1973 .

References

Diakonoff, A. (1966) Notes on the Olethreutini and on some Tortricinae from the Papuan Region in the Meyrick Collection, British Museum, with selection of Lectotypes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 85, 1 - 86, 1 pl.

Diakonoff, A. (1973) The South Asiatic Olethreutini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zoologische Monographieen van het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, 1, 1 - 700.

Kawabe, A. (1989) Records and descriptions of the subfamily Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Thailand. Microlepidoptera of Thailand, 2, 23 - 82.

Pinkaew, N. (2007) New records and known species of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal, 2 (1), 1 - 18.

Pinkaew, N. & Phewphanh, P. (2017) First report on the Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Lao PDR with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 4358 (1), 125 - 141. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4358.1.5