Sorolopha camarotis ( Meyrick, 1936 )

Yu, Haili & Li, Houhun, 2009, Review of the genus Sorolopha Lower (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) from Mainland China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 2062, pp. 1-14 : 4-5

5. Sorolopha camarotis ( Meyrick, 1936)

( Figs. 1 , 5 , 9 )

Argyroploce camarotis Meyrick, 1936: 612 (3, Ƥ, Bengal, India: Assam).

Olethreutes camarotis: Clarke, 1958: 491 , plate 244 figs. 3-3a (lectotype designated, 3 genit.). Eudemis (Acanthothyspoda) camarotis: Diakonoff, 1967: 52 .

Sorolopha camarotis: Diakonoff, 1973: 96 , figs. 149, 150 (Ƥ genit.)

Sorolopha longurus Liu & Bai, 1982: 168 , fig. 7, 12 (adult, 3 genit., China: Jiangxi). syn. nov. Sorolopha micheliacola Liu, 2001 , in Huang (eds.), Fauna of Insects in Fujian Province of China (Vol. 5): 45. syn. nov.

Diagonsis. The male genitalia of S. longurus , S. micheliacola , and S. camarotis are nearly identical. All have very long socii; simple, narrow gnathos and tuba analis; slender valvae with the sacculus bearing two clusters of bristles, one short and situated on the disc, the other very long and situated on the angulation; and cucullus protruding ventrally at 1/4 length, forming a triangular prominence with four strong apical thorns.

Superficially, S. longurus and S. micheliacola are very similar, but there are slight differences between them and S. camarotis . On the forewing, the longitudinal dark fascia is broken into three spots at the base of the cell in S. camarotis , but it is broken at 1/3 length of M1 and M 2 in S. longurus and S. micheliacola .

The female genitalia of S. micheliacola are distinct from those of S. camarotis . The sterigma is an aciculate plate surrounding the ostium bursae, less rounded and protruding laterally; the ostium bursae is large and funnel-shaped, its ventral edge deeply concave, its dorsal edge shallowly concave, and the lateral edge produced into sharp angles; the colliculum is broad caudally, gradually narrowing anteriorly; and the corpus bursae is elongate-oval. In contrast, in S. camarotis the sterigma is rounded, the ostium bursae is longitudinally suboval, the colliculum is slender, and the corpus bursae is oval.

Because we collected males and females of S. micheliacola at the same locality and on the same date, it is highly likely that the association of the sexes is correct. In contrast, the original description of S. camarotis was based on a male from Bengal and a female from Assam, India. Because the male of S. camarotis matches the male of S. micheliacola , we presume that they are conspecific, and that the female associated with S. camarotis from Assam is not. Therefore, based on the characters of the male genitalia and superficial features, we consider S. longurus and S. micheliacola to be synonyms of S. camarotis . The female from Assam, India, in our opinion, is not conspecific with the lectotype of S. camarotis . The female genitalia of S. camarotis are shown in Fig. 9 .

Material examined. China: 43, 5Ƥ, Longling County (24°35' N, 98°41' E), Yunnan Province, 2300 m, 10-VIII-2005, leg. Yingdang Ren.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hainan, Jiangxi, Yunnan), India, Indonesia, Thailand.

Food plants. Michelia sampaca (Magnoliaceae) ( Diakonoff 1973) and M. fuscata ( Liu and Li 2001) .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Adults of Sorolopha spp. 1. Sorolopha camarotis (Meyrick); 2. Sorolopha dactyloidea sp. n.; 3. Sorolopha identaeolochloca sp. n.; 4. Sorolopha rubescens Diakonoff

FIGURES 5 – 8. Male genitalia of Sorolopha spp. 5. Sorolopha camarotis (Meyrick); 6. Sorolopha dactyloidea sp. n.; 7. Sorolopha identaeolochloca sp. n.; 8. Sorolopha rubescens Diakonoff.

FIGURES 9 – 11. Female genitalia of Sorolopha spp. 9. Sorolopha camarotis (Meyrick); 10. Sorolopha ferruginosa Kawabe; 11. Sorolopha rubescens Diakonoff.