53. Lobesia ambigua Diakonoff, 1950

Lobesia ambigua Diakonoff, 1954, Zool. Verh. Leiden 22: 40. Type locality: Indonesia, “ East Java, Tengger Mountains, Nongkodjadjar ”. Holotype (♂): NCB.

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia (Diakonoff 1954).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Chiang Dao W.S., Doi Inthanon N.P., Doi Pakia, and Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), and W–– Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) (Bae 1995; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Moraceae: Morus alba and Papilionaceae: Crotalaria sp. (Diakonoff 1954) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in dry evergreen forest and hill evergreen forest at 520– 1,400 m.