Sorolopha sphaerocopa

Sorolopha sphaerocopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Sorolopha
Species: S. sphaerocopa
Binomial name
Sorolopha sphaerocopa
(Meyrick, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Argyroploce sphaerocopa Meyrick, 1931

Sorolopha sphaerocopa is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in India, Thailand, Japan, China, Sumatra, western Java, the Moluccas[1] and Vietnam.[2]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm for males and 16–17 mm for females. The forewings are pale bluish-grey, sometimes with a pale green tinge. The hindwings are pale with a grey marginal half which is suffused with bronze-fuscous.[3]

References

  1. New records and known species of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Thailand
  2. Razowski, J., 2009, Tortricidae from Vietnam in the collection of the Berlin Museum.6.Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Shilap revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (145): 115-143.
  3. The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae)

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