45. Stathmopoda stimulata Meyrick, 1913

Stathmopoda stimulata Meyrick, 1913, Exot. Microlepid. 1: 84.

TL: Sri Lanka [Ceylon], Colombo, Kandy, Maskeliya, Madulsima; India, Assam, Khasi Hills (presently, in Meghalaya).

TD: Lectotype ♂, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

Distribution: In India: Meghalaya, Karnataka (Coorg); Elsewhere: Sri Lanka: Colombo, Kandy, Maskeliya, Madulsima; China: Sichuan [Szetschwan], Kwanhsien, Hong Kong, Taiwan; Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Ryukyu Islands; Malaysia; Indonesia; Vietnam; Thailand; Brunei; North Korea; South Korea (Meyrick 1913; Kasy 1973; Sinev & Park 1994; Kendrick 2004, 2010; Koçak & Kemal 2012; Terada 2014; Park et al. 2018).

Illustrations: Male genitalia; female genitalia (Kasy 1973: abb. 84–86; Terada 2014: fig. 48–52; Park et al. 2018: fig. 2C, 3C); habitus (Terada 2015: pl. LXVII, fig. c; Park et al. 2018: fig. 1C); wing venation (male & female) (Terada 2015: pl. LVI, fig. d, e).

Host: Cinnamomum tenuifolium ( Lauraceae) (Terada 2014).

Remarks: Stathmopoda “ timulata” Meyrick, 1915, is an incorrect spelling (misprinting) of Stathmopoda stimulata Meyrick, 1913 (Sinev 2015).