Megalota fallax ( Meyrick, 1909 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 28

65. Megalota fallax ( Meyrick, 1909)

Polychrosis fallax Meyrick, 1909 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 19: 587. Type locality: India, “ Assam, Khasi Hills ”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Lebesia fallax ( Meyrick, 1909) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 467, pl. 232, Figs. 4–4a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Megalota fallax ( Meyrick, 1909) : Diakonoff, 1966, Zool. Verh. Leiden 85: 54.

Distribution outside Thailand: India ( Meyrick 1909; Diakonoff 1973), Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013), and Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh 2017).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Koh Kood Island.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) ( Pinkaew 2007; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Euphorbiaceae : Croton oblongifolius (Meyrick 1934) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, deciduous dipterocarp forest, and dry evergreen forest at 25– 610 m.