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Issue: Vol. 4329 No. 6: 10 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.6.5
Page range: 594–599
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New species and new records of Sorolopha Lower, 1901 from China (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Olethreutini)

Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710069, P. R. China.
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, 710069, P. R. China.
Lepidoptera Olethreutinae Oriental Region taxonomy

Abstract

Six species of Sorolopha Lower, 1901 are recorded from China. Among them, S. nanlingica, sp. nov., S. latiuscula, sp. nov., and S. singularis, sp. nov., are described as new. Sorolopha brunnorbis Razowski, 2009, S. cyclotoma Lower, 1901, and S. euochropa Diakonoff, 1973 are recorded for the first time from China. Photographs of the adults and genitalia of the new species are provided.

 

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