Stathmopoda diplaspis ( Meyrick, 1887 )

29. Stathmopoda diplaspis ( Meyrick, 1887) View in CoL

= Placostola diplaspis Meyrick, 1887 , Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3: 280.

TL: Arabia , Aden (presently, in Yemen) .

TD: Holotype ♀, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

= Stathmopoda ovigera Meyrick, 1913 , Exot. Microlepid. 1: 93.

TL: Sri Lanka [ Ceylon], Puttalam.

TD: Lectotype ♂, NHMUK ( Kasy 1973).

Distribution: In India: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka; Elsewhere: Yemen; Sri Lanka; Iran; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Tajikistan; Thailand; United Kingdom; Saudi Arabia, China: Fujian, Hainan, Hong Kong ( Fletcher 1920; Kasy 1973; Heckford 2003; Koçak & Kemal 2012; Koçak & Kemal 2014; Wang et al. 2021b; Rajeshwari et al. 2025).

Illustrations: Male genitalia ( lectotype of Stathmopoda ovigera ); wing venation ( Kasy 1973: abb. 36, 50); male genitalia ( Wang et al. 2021b: fig. 43); female genitalia ( Wang et al. 2021b, fig. 64; Kasy 1973: abb. 51; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 2); adult moth and larva ( Fletcher 1920: pl. XXVIII, fig. 2); adult habitus ( Wang et al. 2021b, fig. 18; Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 2); labial palpi ( Rajeshwari et al. 2025: fig. 2).

Host: Bred from blackish larvae found in fluffy masses of Pulvinaria (scale insects) on Ficus racemosa ( = Ficus glomerata ) ( Fletcher 1920; Kasy 1973; Robinson et al. 2023); larvae in the calyx of Punica granatum ( Lythraceae ) ( Heckford 2003); inflorescence of Mangifera indica ( Anacardiaceae ) ( Rajeshwari et al. 2025).