Statherotis amoebaea (Lower, 1986), 1911

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 51

139. Statherotis amoebaea (Lower, 1986) *

Dichelia amoeboea Lower, 1896 , Trans. Proc. R. Soc. S. Austral 20: 161. Type locality: Australia, “ Queensland, Brisbane ,

Kedron Brook”. Holotype (♀): SAMA. Argyroploce amoebaea Meyrick, 1911 , Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 36: 281. no type Statherotis amoebaea leucotorna Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 241. Type locality: Indonesia. “ Molucca

Islands, Buru”. Holotype (♁): BMNH. [subspecies of amoebaea ] Statherotis amoebaea (Lower, 1896) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 239, Figs. 343, 345–346, 366, 370,

372 (♁, ♀ genitalia, abdomen).

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia, New Guinea, and Solomon Is. ( Meyrick 1911, Diakonoff 1973) and Australia ( Horak 2006).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) and E–– Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.) and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforesrtry R.St.) (KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown.

Remarks: This species is reported from Thailand for the first time. Specimens from Thailand were collected in grassland and dry evergreen forest at 46– 786 m.