Lobesia lithogonia Diakonoff, 1954

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 26

58. Lobesia lithogonia Diakonoff, 1954

Lobesia lithogonia Diakonoff, 1954 , Zool. Verh. Leiden 22: 49. Type locality: Indonesia, “ West Java, Buitenzorg ”. Holotype (♁): NCB.

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia ( Diakonoff 1954) and Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang), and Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest, Khao Khitchakut N.P., Khao Kluea, Khao Soi Dao W.S., and Phlio Waterfall N.P.), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Inthanon N.P., Doi Pakia, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P., and Fang), NE–– Loei Prov. (Phu Ruea N.P.), Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), S–– Chumphon Prov. (Lang Suan), Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and Phuket Prov. (Ton Sai Waterfall), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Chaloem Rattanakosin N.P., Erawan N.P., Mae Lamun Forest Protection Unit, and Thong Pha Phum N.P.), and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) ( Bae 1995; Pinkaew 2007; Roland, personal communication; KKIC).

Host plants: In Thailand, caterpillars feed on Fabaceae : Pithecellobium bulce (Roland, personal communication). Caterpillars also feed on Myrtaceae : Eugenia densiflora ( Diakonoff 1954; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, and hill evergreen forest at 30– 1,500 m.