39. Gatesclarkeana erotias (Meyrick, 1905)

Platypeplus erotias Meyrick, 1905, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 16: 584. Type locality: Sri Lanka, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] ( Peradeniya). Lectotype (♂): NHM .

Argyroploce erotias (Meyrick, 1905): Meyrick, 1911, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 36: 269.

Olethreutes erotias (Meyrick, 1905): Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 507, pl. 252, Figs. 4–4b (wing, ♂ genitalia, abdomen).

Gatesclarkeana erotias (Meyrick, 1905): Diakonoff, 1966, Zool. Verh. Leiden 85: 50.

Distribution outside Thailand: India and Sri Lanka (Meyrick 1905), New Guinea and Timor (Meyrick 1911), and Vietnam (Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: S–– Krabi Prov. (Diakonoff 1971, 1973).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Anacardiaceae: Mangifera indica, Boraginaceae: Cynoglossum sp., Euphorbiaceae: Mallotus repandus, Fabaceae: Bauhinia purpurea, Loranthaceae: Loranthus sp., Myrtaceae: Eugenia sp., Oxalidaceae: Averrhoa carambola, Rutaceae: Citus sp., Sapindaceae: Litchi chinensis, Sapindus mukorossi, Sapotaceae: Manilkara zapota, Stericulaceae: Gauzuma tomentosa, Theaceae: Camellia sinensis, and Verbenaceae: Lantana camara (Fletcher 1921; Diakonoff 1971, 1982; Brown et al. 2008; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Diakonoff (1971, 1973) did not mention about the forest type and elevation.