Sorolopha archimedias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Sorolopha |
Species: | S. archimedias
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Binomial name | |
Sorolopha archimedias (Meyrick, 1912)
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Sorolopha archimedias is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Thailand, China, Sri Lanka, India, Java and Queensland, Australia.[1]
Etymology
The name refers to the brown arch of scales on the back of the thorax and is derived from Latin archi (meaning arch) and medias (meaning middle).
Biology
The larvae feed on Cinnamomum verum, Cinnamomum camphora, Syzygium aromaticum and Litsea glutinosa.[2] They live in a silken web, spun between the leaves of the host plant.
References
- ^ New records and known species of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Thong Pha Phum National Park, Thailand
- ^ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.