Pterophorus elaeopus (Meyrick, 1908)

Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya., Inkhavilay, Kh. & Spitsyn, V. M., 2023, To the plume moths fauna (Lepidoptera:, Pterophoridae) of Laos, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (2), pp. 207-209 : 209

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scientific name	Pterophorus elaeopus (Meyrick, 1908)
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Alucita elaeopa Meyrick, 1908: 490 . (Type locality: Assam, India).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. LAOS: 2♂♂, Attapue province , tropical forest, 14°44´08´´N, 107°29´17´´E, 8– 15.12.2022, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Sekong province, Lamam town , dry monsoon forest, 15°21´39´´N, 106°42´45´´E, 25– 27.12.2022, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♂, Bolaven Plateau, Champasak province, Paksong town , mountain tropical forest and pine plantations, 15°10´54´´N, 106°14´25´´E, 1– 5.01.2023, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia [ Gielis, 2003], Laos [ Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich, 2018].

Agdistopis sinhala (Fletcher, 1909) Agdistis sinhala Fletcher, 1909: 8 . (Type locality: Ceylon).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. LAOS: 1♀, Champasak province, dry monsoon forest, 14°36´26´´N, 105°53´55´´E, 18– 21.12.2022, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps

DISTRIBUTION. Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Sri Lanka [ Gielis, 2003], Laos.

REMARKS. First record from Laos.

Acknowledgements. The work of the third author, Spitsyn V.M., was supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project No. FUUW–2023–0001).

Competing interests. The authors declare no competing interests.