Ophiorrhabda harmonica ( Meyrick, 1905 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 34

85. Ophiorrhabda harmonica ( Meyrick, 1905) *

Platypeplus harmonica Meyrick, 1905 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 16: 584. Type locality: Sri Lanka, Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Peradeniya ). Holotype (♁): BMNH.

Argyroploce crocospila Meyrick, 1939 , Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 89: 50. Type locality: Indonesia. “ Java, Buitenzorg”. Holotype (♀): BMNH.

Olethreutes harmonica ( Meyrick, 1905) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 515, pl. 256, Figs. 2–2a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Didrimys harmonica ( Meyrick, 1905) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 389, Figs. 567–568, 573, 577, 583 (head, wing, ♁, ♀ genitalia).

Ophiorrhabda harmonica ( Meyrick, 1905) : Horak et al., 1996, Monogr. Austral. Lepid. 4:132.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka ( Meyrick 1905), Indonesia ( Meyrick 1939), Borneo ( Diakonoff 1973), and Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) and Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Chulabhorn Dam and Phu Khieo W.S.) (KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Myrtaceae : Eugenia polyantha , E. subglauca , Psidium guajava , and Syzygium littorale ( Meyrick 1939; Diakonoff 1982; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: This species is reported from Thailand for the first time. Specimens from Thailand were collected in grassland, deciduous dipterocarp forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 200– 1,140 m.