Sorolopha phyllochlora ( Meyrick, 1905 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 48

130. Sorolopha phyllochlora ( Meyrick, 1905) *

Platypeplus phyllochlora Meyrick, 1905 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 16: 585. Type locality: Sri Lanka, “Ceylon [ Sri Lanka] ( Haragam )”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Argyroploce phyllochlora ( Meyrick, 1905) : Meyrick, 1909, J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 19: 592.

Argyroploce ptilosema Meyrick, 1916 , Exotic Microlepid. 1: 563. Type locality: India, “ South India (Shevaroys)”. Holotype (♁): NHM.

Olethreutes phyllochlora ( Meyrick, 1905) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 535, pl. 266, Figs. 2–2b (wing, ♁ genitalia, abdomen).

Olethreutes ptilosema (Meyrick, 1916) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 535, pl. 266, Figs. 3–3a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Euedmis phyllochlora ( Meyrick, 1905) : Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U. S. Natn. Mus. 257(1967): 52.

Sorolopha phyllochlora ( Meyrick, 1905) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 68, Fig. 111 (♀ genitalia).

Distribution outside Thailand: Sri Lanka ( Meyrick 1905), India ( Meyrick 1916a; Pathania et al. 2020), and China ( Yu & Li 2009).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), E–– Chanthaburi Prov. (Ang-et Community Forest and Khao Kluea), Prachinburi Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), Sa Kaeo Prov. (Pang Sida N.P.), and Trat Prov. (Trat Agroforestry R.St.), S–– Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov. (Khao Nan N.P.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Thong Pha Phum N.P.) (KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Lauraceae : Cinnamomum camphora and Persea americana ( Robinson et al. 2023) .

Remarks: This species is reported from Thailand for the first time. Specimens from Thailand were collected in agroforestry area, recovered forest of old para-rubber plantation, moist evergreen forest, dry evergreen forest, and hill evergreen forest at 30– 1,140 m