Statherotis amaeboea ( Lower, 1896 )

Pinkaew, Nantasak, Muadsub, Sopita & Jaikla, Soraya, 2024, Review of the genus Statherotis Meyrick, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thailand, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5536 (4), pp. 536-550 : 537

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scientific name	Statherotis amaeboea ( Lower, 1896 )
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Statherotis amaeboea ( Lower, 1896) View in CoL

( Figs. 1–2 View FIGURES 1–7 , 8–9 View FIGURES 8–14 , 18 View FIGURES 18–21 , 24 View FIGURES 24–28 , 29 View FIGURES 29–33 , 34 View FIGURES 34–35 , 36 View FIGURES 36–37 , 38 View FIGURES 38–39 )

Dichelia amaeboea Lower, 1896 View in CoL , Proc. Linn. Soc. S. Austral. 20: 161.

Argyroploce amoebaea, Meyrick, 1911 View in CoL , Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 36: 281. (misspelling)

Statherotis amoebaea amoebaea, Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. 1: 239. (misspelling) Statherotis amoebaea leucotorna Diakonoff, 1973 , Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. 1: 241. (misspelling)

Specimens examined. 5♂, 2♀. THAILAND : Nakhon Nayok Prov., Khao Yai N.P., 14°17.216′N, 101°23.616′E, alt. 400 m, 13.I.2016, np8022 (♂, genitalia slide NP3638), 7.III.2016, np8170 (♂, genitalia slide NP3639), 14°23.933′N, 101°22.266′E, alt. 786 m, 10.I.2012, np5241 (♂), 14°26.300′N, 101°22.400′E, alt 740 m, 9.III.2046, np8302 (♀, genitalia slide NP3640) GoogleMaps ; Sa Kaeo Prov., Pang Sida N.P., 13°59.600′N, 102°12.350′E, alt. 165 m, 27.IV.2017, np10314 (♂, genitalia slide NP4029), 14°0.900′N, 102°11.750′E, alt. 260 m, 24.IV.2017, np10168 (♀, genitalia slide NP4030) GoogleMaps ; Trat Prov., Trat Agroforestry Research Station , 12°23.566′N, 102°40.000′E, alt. 46 m, 16–19.IX. 2010, np4753 (♂). All specimens were collected by N. Pinkaew et al. and deposited in KKIC GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The wing pattern of Statherotis amaeboea ( Figs. 1–2 View FIGURES 1–7 ) is similar to S. discana , S. leucaspis and S. muangmaithongi sp. nov. by having a subtriangular patch on the costa. It can be distinguished by the subrectangular shape of the hindwing rather than the subtriangular shape in the three latter species. The male hind tibia ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 18–21 ) has the tuft of pale yellow hair pencils larger than in the other species. Abdominal terga 6–8 of males have three pairs of dense, long modified scales ( Fig. 24 View FIGURES 24–28 ). Male genitalia ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 29–33 ) are superficially similar to S. olenarcha , but the bilobed uncus is broader than the latter species. Female genitalia ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 34–35 ) have an aciculate ringed ridge surrounding the ostium bursae ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 36–37 ), but lack pendant lobes laterally. The signa have widened patches of dense teeth ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 38–39 ) that are quite larger than those in S. muangmaithongi sp. nov.

Remarks. Specimens from Thailand were collected from dry evergreen forest, grassland, and a restoration forest in an old Para rubber tree plantation at a wide range of elevations, 46– 786 m.