Philophylla fossata ( Fabricius, 1805 )

Philophylla fossata ( Fabricius, 1805) View in CoL ( Trypetinae : Trypetini )

Material collected. 6 females trapped in Dhaka (Savar) (BL, YP).

Distribution. A widespread species previously reported from Pakistan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Japan, China (Guangxi, Hainan, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland), and Solomon Islands ( Hardy 1973; Wang 1998; Norrbom et al. 1999; David and Ramani 2011). Newly recorded from Bangladesh.

Larval hosts. Reported host plants include Callicarpa arborea Roxb. , C. longifolia Lam. , six species of Clerodendrum , and Premna tomentosa Willd. (all Lamiaceae ) ( Hancock et al. 1998; Allwood et al. 1999).

Distribution. Previously reported from Bangladesh (Khulna) by Bezzi (1913, as Tephrostola acrostacta ), but not collected in our surveys. Also known from Pakistan, India (Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Sri Lanka, China (Yunnan), Thailand, and Cambodia ( Bezzi 1913; Hardy 1973; Wang 1998; Norrbom et al. 1999; David and Ramani 2011).

Larval hosts. Hardy (1973) reported the larvae of this species causing galls on an undetermined species of Ludwigia (as Jussiaea ) ( Onagraceae ). This is the only reported host.

Distribution. Previously reported from Bangladesh by Hancock (2012), although the original source of that record was not indicated and could possibly be erroneous (D.L. Hancock, pers. comm.). It was not collected in our surveys, but is likely to occur in Bangladesh as it has also been reported from Sri Lanka, Nepal, India (Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, West Bengal) and Thailand as well as being widespread from China to northern Australia ( Bezzi 1913; Hardy 1973; Kapoor et al. 1980; Norrbom et al. 1999; Hancock and McGuire 2002; Hancock 2012; David et al. 2022a).

Larval hosts. The host plants of this species are unknown.