162. Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901

Argyroploce mosaica (Lower, 1901): Meyrick, 1911, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 36: 273.

Cydia clydonias Meyrick, 1907, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 17: 734. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “Ceylon [Sri Lanka] ( Wellawaya)”. Lectotype (♂): NHM.

Phaecasiophora mosaica (Lower, 1901): Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U.S. Natn. Mus. 257: 57, Fig. 531 (♂ genitalia, wing).

Temnolopha mosaica Lower, 1901, Trans. R. Soc. S. Austral. 25: 72. Type locality: Australia, “ Queensland, Cocktown”. Lectotype (♂): SAMA.

Distribution outside Thailand: Australia (Horak 2006), Japan (Kawabe 1974; Nasu & Komai 2013), India (Meyrick 1911), Cambodia, Philippine Is., Sri Lanka, and Vietnam (Meyrick 1907, 1911; Diakonoff 1968, 1973, 1982; Kawabe 1974; Nedoshivina 2013; Pathania et al. 2020).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Phitsanulok Prov. (Mueang) and Saraburi Prov. (Muak Lek) (Meyrick 1907; Roland, personal communication).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Zingiberaceae: Alpinia galanga (Diakonoff 1973, 1982; Robinson et al. 2023). Some caterpillars have been reared from Drypetes (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia, possibly D. lasiogyna (Horak 2006) .

Remarks: Specimen from Thailand was collected by Roland (personal communication) in the Phitsanulok City at 46 m. Meyrick (1907) did not mention about forest type and elevation.