Lobesia genialis Meyrick, 1912

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 25-26

56. Lobesia genialis Meyrick, 1912

Lobesia genialis Meyrick, 1912 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 21: 869. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Peradeniya )”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka (Meyrick 1912) and Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) and Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Khao Khitchakut N.P.), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), NE–– Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), S–– Chumphon Prov. (Lang Suan) and Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Erawan N.P. and Thong Pha Phum N.P.) and Prachuap Khiri Khan Prov. (Kui Buri N.P.), ( Bae 1995; Pinkaew 2007; Roland, personal communication; KKIC).

Host plants: In Thailand, caterpillars feed on Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica , Rubiaceae : Ixora chinensis , Clusiaceae : Garcinia mangostana , and Sapindaceae : Dimocarpus longan ( Robinson et al. 2023; Roland, personal communication). Caterpillars also feed on Verbenaceae : Lantana sp. ( Diakonoff 1973) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, grassland, moist evergreen forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, and dry evergreen forest at 30– 800 m.