42. Gnathmocerodes tonsoria (Meyrick, 1909)

Argyroploce tonsoria Meyrick, 1909, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 19: 592. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “ Ceylon [Sri Lanka] ( Bentota)”. Holotype (♂): NHM.

Olethreutes tonsoria (Meyrick, 1909): Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 556, pl. 277, Figs. 2–2a (wing, ♂ genitalia).

Gnathmocerodes tonsoria (Meyrick, 1909): Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus. 257(1967), p. 72.

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka (Meyrick 1909), Indonesia (Diakonoff 1973), Japan (Nasu & Komai 2013), and Vietnam (Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Uthai Thani Prov. (Huai Kha Khaeng W.S.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest and Khao Khitchakut N.P.) and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), S–– Krabi Prov., Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and Narathiwat Prov. (Hala-Bala W.S.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) (Diakonoff 1971, 1973; Promwong & Pinkaew 2011; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Anacardiaceae: Anacardium occidentale, Annonaceae: Annona muricata, Malvaceae: Urena lobata and Lecythidaceae: Barringtonia racemose (Clarke 1958; Diakonoff 1973; Nedoshivina 2013; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen, mixed deciduous forest, and dry evergreen forest at 25– 400 m. Diakonoff (1971, 1973) did not mention about forest type and elevation.