Ophiorrhabda cellifera (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 : 33-34

84. Ophiorrhabda cellifera (Meyrick, 1912) *

Polychrosis cellifera Meyrick, 1912 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 21: 869. Type locality: Sri Lanka, Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Colombo ). Lectotype (♀): BMNH.

Argyroploce codonectis Meyrick, 1927 , Exotic Microlepid. 3: 339. Type locality: Malay Peninsula. Malay States (Kuala Lumpur). Holotype (♀): BMNH.

Olethreutes cellifera (Meyrick, 1912) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 495, pl. 246, Figs. 1–1b, 2-2b (wing, ♀ genitalia).

Lasiognatha cellifera (Meyrick, 1912) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 431, Figs. 631–632, 637 (♁, ♀ genitalia).

Ophiorrhabda pottsi Clarke, 1976 (Ophiorrhabda) , Insects Micronesia 9: 94. Type locality: Micronesia, “ Truk, Wena, Moen, Civil Administration Area”. Holotype (♀): USNM.

Ophiorrhabda cellifera (Meyrick, 1912) : Horak et al., 1996, Monogr. Austral. Lepid. 4:132.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka ( Meyrick 1912a), Malaysia ( Meyrick 1927), Micronesia ( Clarke 1976), Vietnam ( Nedoshivina 2013), Laos ( Pinkaew & Phewphanh, 2017), India ( Pathania et al. 2020), and Pakistan ( Robinson et al. 2023).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.) and Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang) (Roland, personal communication; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Apocynaceae : Funtumia elastica , Fabaceae : Brownea sp. , Lamiaceae : Pogostemon cablin , Malvaceae : Althaea sp. , and Myrtaceae : Eugenia aquea , E. cumini , and E. malaccensis ( Meyrick 1927; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: This species is reported from Thailand for the first time. Specimen from Thailand was collected in the dry evergreen forest at 786 m.