Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 58

162. Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901

Argyroploce mosaica (Lower, 1901) : Meyrick, 1911, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 36: 273.

Cydia clydonias Meyrick, 1907 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 17: 734. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Wellawaya )”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Phaecasiophora mosaica (Lower, 1901) : Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U. S. Natn. Mus. 257: 57, Fig. 531 (♁ genitalia, wing).

Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901 , Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral. 25: 72. Type locality: Australia, “ Queensland, Cocktown”. Lectotype (♁): SAMA.

Distribution outside Thailand: Australia ( Horak 2006), Japan ( Kawabe 1974; Nasu & Komai 2013), India ( Meyrick 1911), Cambodia, Philippine Is., Sri Lanka, and Vietnam ( Meyrick 1907, 1911; Diakonoff 1968, 1973, 1982; Kawabe 1974; Nedoshivina 2013; Pathania et al. 2020).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang) and Saraburi Prov. (Muak Lek) ( Meyrick 1907; Roland, personal communication).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Zingiberaceae : Alpinia galanga ( Diakonoff 1973, 1982; Robinson et al. 2023). Some caterpillars have been reared from Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia, possibly D. lasiogyna ( Horak 2006) .

Remarks: Specimen from Thailand was collected by Roland (personal communication) in the Phitsanulok City at 46 m. Meyrick (1907) did not mention about forest type and elevation.