Sorolopha herbifera ( Meyrick, 1909 )

Muadsub, Sopita & Pinkaew, Nantasak, 2023, The first checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) of Thailand, Zootaxa 5349 (1), pp. 1-65 : 47

125. Sorolopha herbifera ( Meyrick, 1909)

Argyroploce herbifera Meyrick, 1909 , J. Bombay Nat . Hist. Soc. 19: 603. Type locality: India, “ Assam, Khasi Hills ”. Lectotype (♁): NHM.

Olethreutes herbifera ( Meyrick, 1909) : Clarke, 1958, British Museum (Natural History) 3: 516, pl. 257, Figs. 4–4a (wing, ♁ genitalia).

Eudemis herbifera ( Meyrick, 1909) : Diakonoff, 1968, Bull. U. S. Natn. Mus. 257(1967): 51.

Sorolopha herbifera ( Meyrick, 1909) : Diakonoff, 1973, Zool. Monogr. Rijksmus. Nat . Hist. 1: 72, Figs. 112–113 (♁, ♀ genitalia).

Distribution outside Thailand: India ( Meyrick 1909; Pathania et al. 2020), Indonesia and Sumatra ( Diakonoff 1973), Malaysia, Nepal, Sabah, and Sri Lanka ( Robinson et al. 1994), and Vietnam ( Le et al. 2013).

Distribution in Thailand: C–– Nakhon Nayok Prov. (Khao Yai N.P.), N–– Chiang Mai Prov. (Doi Inthanon N.P., Doi Pha Hom Pok N.P., and Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.), NE–– Chaiyaphum Prov. (Chulabhorn Dam), Loei Prov. (Phu Ruea N.P.), and Nakhon Ratchasima Prov. (Khao Yai N.P. and Sakaerat Environmental R.St.), and W–– Kanchanaburi Prov. (Sahakorn Nikhom Community Forest and Thong Pha Phum N.P.) ( Kawabe 1989; Pinkaew 2007; KKIC).

Host plants: Unknown in Thailand. Caterpillars feed on Lauraceae : Cinnamomum camphora ( Diakonoff 1973; Robinson et al. 2023).

Remarks: Specimens from Thailand were collected in mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest and hill evergreen forests at 219– 1,412 m. Robinson et al. (1994) also reported this species from Thailand but did not mention about province, location, and elevation.