Stathmopoda sycastis Meyrick, 1917

Sahoo, Kishore Chandra, 2025, A catalogue of Indian Stathmopodidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 5711 (4), pp. 482-504 : 498-499

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17884963
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scientific name	Stathmopoda sycastis Meyrick, 1917
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46. Stathmopoda sycastis Meyrick, 1917 View in CoL

Stathmopoda sycastis Meyrick, 1917 , Exotic Microlep. 2: 62.

TL: Pakistan [N.W. India], Tarnab, Peshawar.

TD: Holotype ♀, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

Distribution: In India: Uttarakhand, Maharashtra; Elsewhere: Afghanistan: Nuristan; Pakistan: Barikot, Tarnab, Peshawar, Faisalabad [Lyallpur] (Meyrick 1917; Kasy 1973; Terada 2013); Sri Lanka ( Koçak & Kemal 2014).

Illustrations: Wing venation; abdominal tip of male (ventral); female genitalia; male genitalia; valve from inside (male genitalia) ( Kasy 1973: abb. 69–72); habitus; hind leg; head ( Fletcher 1920: Pl. XXVIII, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Host: Larva feeding in fruits of Ficus carica , Ficus nuristanica ( Moraceae ) (Meyrick 1917; Fletcher 1920; Kasy 1973; Terada 2013).