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Sorolopha sphaerocopa

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand.

Description

136. Sorolopha sphaerocopa (Meyrick, 1930)

Argyroploce sphaerocopa Meyrick, in Joannis, 1930, Annls Soc. ent. Fr. 98 (Suppl.) (1929): 719. Type locality: Vietnam, “ Tonkin, Cho ganh”. Holotype (♂): MNHN.

Choganhia sphaerocopa (Meyrick, 1930): Razowski, 1960: 387, Figs. b, 13 (head, genitalia).

Acanthothyspoda sphaerocopa (Meyrick, 1930): Diakonoff, 1966, Zool. Verh. Leiden 85: 56.

Eudemis sphaerocopa (Meyrick, 1930): Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U.S. Natn. Mus. 257: 52.

Sorolopha sphaerocopa (Meyrick, 1930): Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat. Hist. 1: 86, Figs. 124–125, 138 (♂, ♀ genitalia).

Distribution outside Thailand: Indonesia (Diakonoff 1973), Japan (Kawabe 1982), and Vietnam (Le et al.

2013)

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), NE–– Loei Prov. (Phu Ruea N.P.), and S–– Ranong Prov. (Na Kha) (Kawabe 1989).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Lauraceae: Cinnamomum sp. (Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in moist evergreen forest and dry evergreen forest at 250– 800 m.

Notes

Published as part of Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, pp. 1-65 in Zootaxa 5349 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5349.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391100

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Scientific name authorship
Meyrick
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Sorolopha
Species
sphaerocopa
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Sorolopha sphaerocopa (Meyrick, 1930) sec. Muadsub & Pinkaew, 2023

References

  • Diakonoff, A. (1966) Notes on the Olethreutini and on some Tortricinae from the Papuan Region in the Meyrick Collection, British Museum, with selection of Lectotypes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden, 85, 1 - 86, 1 pl.
  • Diakonoff, A. (1968) Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands. United States National Museum Bulletin, 257, 1 - 484. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.257.1
  • Diakonoff, A. (1973) The South Asiatic Olethreutini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zoologische Monographieen van het Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, 1, 1 - 700.
  • Kawabe, A. (1982) Tortricidae. In: Inoue, H., Kuroko, S., Moriuti, S., Kawabe, A. & Owada, M. (Eds.), Moths of Japan. Vol. 1. Kodansha, Tokyo, pp. 62 - 151, pls. 14 - 30. [in Japanese]
  • Le, X., Qi, M. J., Park, K. T. & Bae, Y. S. (2013) A survey of the genus Sorolopha Lower, 1901 in the northern part of Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Zootaxa, 3652 (5), 519 - 532. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3652.5.2
  • Kawabe, A. (1989) Records and descriptions of the subfamily Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Thailand. Microlepidoptera of Thailand, 2, 23 - 82.
  • Robinson, G. S., Ackery, P. R., Kitching, I., Beccaloni, G. W. & Hernandez, L. M. (2023) HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants [Data set]. Natural History Museum, London. Available from: http: // doi. org / 10.5519 / havt 50 xw (accessed 3 July 2023)