Sorolopha archimedias

Sorolopha archimedias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sorolopha
Species: S. archimedias
Binomial name
Sorolopha archimedias
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Argyroploce archimedias Meyrick, 1912
  • Argyroploce purpurissatana Meyrick (nec Kennel), 1930
  • Olethreutes purpurissatana Clarke, 1958
  • Olethreutes archimedias Clarke, 1958
  • Eudemis archimedias Falkovitch, 1962
  • Eudemis (Eudemis) archimedias Diakonoff, 1068
  • Eudemis oxygona Diakonoff, 1968
  • Sorolopha archimedias Diakonoff, 1973

Sorolopha archimedias is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, India, Java and Queensland, Australia.[1]

Description

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults have brown forewings with a pale area at the apex with a white outline containing a large brown spot, and a white outlined brown area of erect scales at the back of the thorax.[2]

Biology

The larvae feed on Cinnamomum verum, Cinnamomum camphora, Syzygium aromaticum and Litsea glutinosa.[3] They live in a silken web, spun between the leaves of the host plant.

References

  1. ↑ New records and known species of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Thailand
  2. ↑ Australian Insects
  3. ↑ "ON A COLLECTION OF SOME FAMILIES OF MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA FROM SRI LANKA (CEYLON)". repository. Retrieved 28 July 2018.


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