Stathmopoda auriferella ( Walker, 1864 )

22. Stathmopoda auriferella ( Walker, 1864) View in CoL

= Gelechia? auriferella Walker, 1864 , List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 30: 1022.

TL: Sierra Leone.

TD: Lectotype ♂, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda divisa Walsingham, 1891 View in CoL , Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1: 121.

TL: Bathurst, Gambia.

TD: Lectotype ♂, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda ischnotis Meyrick, 1897 View in CoL , Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. 22 (2): 324.

TL: Australia, West Australia, Carnarvon.

TD: Lectotype ♂, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda crocophanes Meyrick, 1897 View in CoL , Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. 22 (2): 324.

TL: Australia, Queensland ( Duaringa, Brisbane, Rosewood ), New South Wales ( Newcastle , Sydney , Cooma ), Tasmania ( Georges Bay , Hobart ), South Australia ( Adelaide , Heyleton ), West Australia (Geraldton, Perth).

TD: Lectotype ♀, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

= Aeoloscelis theoris Meyrick, 1906 View in CoL , J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (2): 410.

TL: Sri Lanka [ Ceylon], Puttalam, Peradeniya & Maskeliya.

TD: Lectotype ♀, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda tharsalea Meyrick, 1914 , Ann. Transv. Mus. 4 (4): 199.

TL: Comoro Islands.

TD: Lectotype ♀, DNMNH ( Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda adulatrix Meyrick, 1917 , Exot. Microlepid., 2: 61.

TL: India, Almora, Kumaon (presently, in Uttarakhand) .

TD: Syntype (abdomen missing), NHMUK ( Kasy 1973) .

= Stathmopoda cirrhaspis Meyrick, 1922 , Exot. Microlepid. 2: 585.

TL: China, Shanghai .

TD: Lectotype ♂, MNHNP ( Kasy 1973).

= Chrysoclista basiflavella Matsumura, 1931 View in CoL , 6000 Ill. Ins. Jap. Empire: 1087.

TL: Japan, Tokyo .

TD: Holotype ♀, HUS (Moriuti 1975).

Distribution: In India: Uttarakhand (Meyrick 1917), Bihar ( Diakonoff 1967), Haryana, Chandigarh ( Wadhawan & Walia 2006; Das et al. 2020), Himachal Pradesh, Punjab ( Pathania et al. 2009), Karnataka ( Rajeshwari et al. 2025); Elsewhere: Sierra Leone ( Walker 1864); Gambia: Bathurst ( Walsingham 1891); Australia: West Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, West Australia ( Meyrick 1897); Sri Lanka: Puttalam, Peradeniya, Maskeliya ( Meyrick 1906; Koçak & Kemal 2012); Comoros (Meyrick 1914); China: Shanghai, Tien- Mu-Shan; Taiwan [ Formosa] (Meyrick 1922; Kasy 1973); Japan: Tokyo (Moriuti 1975); Libya: Cyrenaica; Egypt, Nubia; Nigeria; Uganda; Madagascar; Seychelles; Israel: Tabgha, Tel Aviv; Iran: Bandar Abbas; Pakistan: Karachi; Indonesia: Java; Philippines: Luzon, La Union ( Diakonoff 1967; Kasy 1973; Koçak & Kemal 2014); South Korea ( Sinev & Park 1994; Park et al. 2018); North Korea; Vietnam ( Sinev & Park 1994); United Arab Emirates ( Koster 2010).

Illustrations: Male habitus ( Walsingham 1891: pl.6, fig. 61; Koster 2010: fig. 5); wing venation ( Kasy 1973: abb. 37; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 1), male genitalia ( Kasy 1973: abb. 43; Park et al. 2018: fig. 2K); female genitalia ( Diakonoff 1967: fig. 323; Kasy 1973: abb. 44; Park et al. 2018: fig. 3G; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 1); habitus ( Kim et al. 2017, fig. 1a; Park et al. 2018: fig. 1K; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 1; NHM 2025b); labial palpi ( Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 1).

Host: Seeds, pods & leaves of Vachellia nilotica (= Acacia nilotica ) ( Fabaceae ); decaying flowers of Osodendron altissimum (= Albizia altissima ) ( Fabaceae ); pods of Ceratonia sp. ( Fabaceae ); decaying flowers of Cocos nucifera ( Arecaceae ); Coffea canephora , Coffea liberica ( Rubiaceae ); flowers of Helianthus annuus ( Asteraceae ); Kerria (Z) communis; inflorescence of Mangifera indica ( Anacardiaceae ); fruits of Nephelium cuspidatum (= Nephelium ophiodes ) ( Sapindaceae ); twigs of Pinus roxburghii , Pinus longifolia ( Pinaceae ); rotten fruits of Punica granatum ( Lythraceae ); Sorghum bicolor ( Poaceae ); dead leaves of Tristania sp. ( Myrtaceae ); flowers of Citrus sp. ( Rutaceae ); fruits of Ziziphus sp. ( Rhamnaceae ); leaves of Tamarindus indica ( Fabaceae ); leaves of Solanum melongena ( Solanaceae ); dry cotton; cotton shoots affected by mealy bug (Meyrick 1917; Fletcher 1920; Kasy 1973; Srivastava 1985; Sinev & Park 1994; Pathania et al. 2009; Shamsudeen 2018; Robinson et al. 2023; Rajeshwari et al. 2025).