Sycacantha Diakonoff, 1959 from China, with the descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) Author Feng, Weixing Author Zhuang, Jialiang Author Yu, Haili text Zootaxa 2019 2019-10-31 4691 3 201 214 journal article 25005 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.3.1 58e8ba53-f212-404c-854c-118eff908d2c 1175-5326 3527207 250A8564-B653-40F7-8B11-7391760FE839 Sycacantha inodes ( Meyrick, 1911 ) Argyroploce inodes Meyrick, 1911: 269 . Argyroploce albitibiana Meyrick, 1928: 447 . Olethreutes albitibiana : Bradley, 1961: 125 . Argyroploce conchifera Meyrick, 1931: 130 . Sycacantha inodes : Diakonoff, 1966: 19 . Sycacantha inodes inodes Diakonoff, 1971: 195 . Sycacantha inodes perspicua Diakonoff, 1968: 61 . Sycacantha inodes rubida Diakonoff, 1971: 195 . Sycacantha inodes celebensis Diakonoff, 1973: 149 . Material examined. China : 1♂ , 1♀ , Longzhou ( 25°07’N , 115°03’E ), Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region , alt. 180 m , 1.VIII.2011 , leg. Guiqing He ; 1♂ , Mt. Daming ( 23º54’N , 108°37’E ), Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region , 10–15.VII.2006 , leg. Wei Xiong and Liusheng Chen ; 1♀ , Mt. Simian ( 28°58’N , 106°35’E ), Chongqing , alt. 1250 m , 14.VIII.2011 , leg. Guiqing He and Lifang Song ; 1♂ , Sun River nature reserve ( 22°48’N , 100°58’E ), Pu’er , Yunnan Province , alt. 1450 m , 15.VIII.2014 , leg. Zhenguo Zhang ; 1♀ , Meng shimron botanical garden ( 21º54’N , 101º16’E ), Jinghong , Yunnan Province , alt. 580 m , 7.VIII.2016 , leg. Kaijian Teng , Jiaen Li and Tao Wang ; 1♂ , same data except alt. 570 m , 13.VIII.2005 , leg. Yingdang Ren ; 1♀ , River Nanla ( 21º59’N , 101º58’E ), Mengla , Yunnan Province , 13.VII.2013 , alt. 652 m , leg. Shurong Liu , Yuqi Wang and Kaijian Teng ; 1♂ , Jiaxi nature reserve ( 18º83’N , 109°19’E ), Hainan Province , alt. 220 m , 14.XII.2009 , leg. Zhaohui Du and Linlin Yang ; 1♂ , Ying- geling ( 19°08’N , 109°50’E ), Hainan Province , 28.VIII–3.IX.2005 , leg. Liusheng Chen ; 1♂ , same data except leg. 4.XII.2005 , leg. Min Wang and Wei Xiong. Host plant. Fagaceae : Castanea mollissima ( Diakonoff, 1973 ; Liu & Li, 2002 ). Distribution . China ( Guangxi , Chongqing , Yunnan , Hainan ), Vietnam , Laos , Thailand , Indonesia , Philippines , India , Russia , Papua New Guinea , Soloman Is.. Remarks . Sycacantha inodes is similar to S. catharia Diakonoff, 1973 in the male genitalia. In the former, the inner part of the socius is finger-like, the apex of cucullus is rounded, and the valva is constricted beyond the sacculus and the neck is distinct. In S. catharia the inner part of socius is triangular, the apex of cucullus is truncate, and the valva is not constricted beyond the sacculus.