1. Weitere Informationen

1.1. Taxonomie

Typusart ist Sorolopha cyclotoma Lower, 1901. Hu et al. (2026) schreiben: "The genus Sorolopha Lower, 1901 is one of the most species-rich genera in the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). It currently comprises 77 species distributed across the Oriental, Australasian, Palaearctic, and African regions, with the majority occurring in the Oriental region (Gilligan et al. 2018; Lopez-Vaamonde et al. 2019; Sakagami 2023). Adults of Sorolopha are medium-sized and generally recognizable by their distinctive appearance: most species have forewings with green shading and a prominent, rounded marking in the apical region. Males often have lateral brushes of sex scales on the abdomen, and their genitalia are characterized by extremely long, pendulous socii and slender valva."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

1.2. Literatur

• Hu, Z., Chang, X., Ma, Y., Li, E., Guo, C. & H. Yu (2026): The genus Sorolopha Lower, 1901 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutinae) in China: an annotated checklist, new DNA barcodes, and descriptions of two new species. — Zookeys, 1295: 53-84. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1295.202313. [zum open-access-Artikel auf zookeys.pensoft.net]
• Erstbeschreibung: Lower, O.B. (1901): Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera. — Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 25: 63–98. [S. 73, Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]