29. Stathmopoda diplaspis (Meyrick, 1887)

= Placostola diplaspis Meyrick, 1887, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3: 280.

TL: Arabia, Aden (presently, in Yemen).

TD: Holotype ♀, NHMUK (Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda ovigera Meyrick, 1913, Exot. Microlepid. 1: 93.

TL: Sri Lanka [Ceylon], Puttalam.

TD: Lectotype ♂, NHMUK (Kasy 1973).

Distribution: In India: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka; Elsewhere: Yemen; Sri Lanka; Iran; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Tajikistan; Thailand; United Kingdom; Saudi Arabia, China: Fujian, Hainan, Hong Kong (Fletcher 1920; Kasy 1973; Heckford 2003; Koçak & Kemal 2012; Koçak & Kemal 2014; Wang et al. 2021b; Rajeshwari et al. 2025).

Illustrations: Male genitalia (lectotype of Stathmopoda ovigera); wing venation (Kasy 1973: abb. 36, 50); male genitalia (Wang et al. 2021b: fig. 43); female genitalia (Wang et al. 2021b, fig. 64; Kasy 1973: abb. 51; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 2); adult moth and larva (Fletcher 1920: pl. XXVIII, fig. 2); adult habitus (Wang et al. 2021b, fig. 18; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 2); labial palpi (Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 2).

Host: Bred from blackish larvae found in fluffy masses of Pulvinaria (scale insects) on Ficus racemosa (= Ficus glomerata) (Fletcher 1920; Kasy 1973; Robinson et al. 2023); larvae in the calyx of Punica granatum ( Lythraceae) (Heckford 2003); inflorescence of Mangifera indica ( Anacardiaceae) (Rajeshwari et al. 2025).