22. Cymolomia phaeopelta (Meyrick, 1921)

Argyroploce phaeopelta Meyrick, 1921, Zool. Meded 6: 155. Type locality: Indonesia, “ West Java, Preangor ”. Lectotype (♂): NCB.

Cymolomia phaeopelta (Meyrick, 1921): Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. 1: 399, Figs. 653, 659–660 (♂, ♀ genitalia).

Distribution outside Thailand: India and Indonesia (Meyrick 1921; Pathania et al. 2020), Borneo (Diakonoff 1973), Japan (Kawabe 1974), Bhutan, Malaysia and Nepal (Robinson et al. 1994), and Vietnam (Nedoshivina 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Sa Kaeo (Pang Sida N.P.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Inthanon N.P. and Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Phu Khieo W.S.) and Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) and Phetchaburi Prov. (Kaeng Krachan N.P.) (Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Theaceae: Schima noronhae (Diakonoff 1973) .

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in moist evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 310– 1,300 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.