Encolapta sheni ( Li et Wang, 1999 )

Yang, Meiqing & Li, Houhun, 2016, Review of the genus Encolapta Meyrick, 1913 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Chelariini) from China, with descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 4193 (2), pp. 201-227 : 225-226

Encolapta sheni ( Li et Wang, 1999)

( Figs 32 , 46 , 57 )

Homoshelas sheni Li et Wang, 1999: 52 .

Encolapta sheni (Li et Wang) : Ponomarenko, 2009: 318.

Type material. CHINA: Holotype Ƌ, Baotianman National Nature Reserves , Neixiang County, Henan Province, 1350 m, 13.vii.1988, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide no. L99052 . Paratypes: Henan Province: 6 ƋƋ, 1 ♀, 13−15.vii.1988, other data as holotype ; 2 ƋƋ, 2 ♀ ♀, Huangshian , Xixia County, 890 m, 17−19.vii.1998, leg. Houhun Li.

Other material: Zhejiang Province: 1 Ƌ, Wuyanling, Taishun , 680 m, 29.vii.2005, leg. Yunli Xiao ; 1 Ƌ, Mt. Fengyang, Longquan, Lishui , 1470 m, 26.vii.2007, leg. Qing Jin, genitalia slide no. ZH07513; 5 ƋƋ, Zhonglieci, Mt. Tianmu , 400 m, 25.vii −1.viii.2011, leg. Linlin Yang and Na Chen ; 1 Ƌ, Mt. Tianmu , 325 m, 30.vi.2013, leg. Aihui Yin and Xiuchun Wang ; 1 Ƌ, Mt. Tianmu , 335 m, 20.vii.2015, leg. Aihui Yin, Kang Lou and Tao Wang ; 1 Ƌ, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu , 555 m, 6.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang ; 3 ƋƋ, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu , 555 m, 16−17.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li, genitalia slide no . YMQ15212; 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Laoan, Mt. Tianmu , 555 m, 13.vii.2015, leg. Aihui Yin, Kang Lou and Tao Wang ; 5 ƋƋ, Xiguan, Mt. Tianmu , 566 m, 16−18.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, genitalia slide no . YMQ15247; 1 Ƌ, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu , 789 m, 11.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li, genitalia slide no . YMQ15210; 1 Ƌ, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmu , 789 m, 17.vii.2015, leg. Aihui Yin, Kang Lou and Tao Wang ; 5 ƋƋ, Qianjiangyuan, Mt. Tianmu , 866 m, 12−15.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li, genitalia slide no . YMQ15211; 4 ƋƋ, 2 ♀♀, Mt. Jiulong , 400 m, 4−6.viii.2011, leg. Linlin Yang and Na Chen, genitalia slide nos . YMQ 15208m, YMQ15209f; 1 Ƌ, 4 ♀♀, Huangtanyu, Mt. Jiulong , 467 m, 3−8.vii.2013, leg. Aihui Yin and Xiuchun Wang, genitalia slide no . YMQ15223f; 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Yanping, Mt. Jiulong , 530 m, 4.vii.2013, leg. Aihui Yin and Xiuchun Wang, genitalia slide no . YMQ 15221 m; 2 ƋƋ, Zhangkengkou, Mt. Jiulong , 623 m, 5.vii.2013, leg. Aihui Yin and Xiuchun Wang ; 3 ƋƋ, Neijiujian, Mt. Jiulong , 430 m, 7.vii.2013, leg. Aihui Yin and Xiuchun Wang, genitalia slide no . YMQ15248; 7 ƋƋ, 1 ♀, Pinggang, Mt. Longxu , 754 m, 20−22.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, genitalia slide nos . YMQ 15227m, YMQ 15703 m; 5 ƋƋ, Pinggangcun, Mt. Longxu , 754 m, 23−26.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li, genitalia slide no . YMQ15243; 17 ƋƋ, Jiufucun, Mt. Longtang , 520 m, 25−26.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang, genitalia slide nos . YMQ15246, YMQ15249; 1 Ƌ, Jiufucun, Mt. Longtang , 520 m, 28.viii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Qingyun Wang and Suran Li, genitalia slide no . YMQ15244; 2 ƋƋ, Qianqingtang, Qingliangfeng National Nature Reserves , 1059 m, 28−29.vii.2014, leg. Aihui Yin, Xuemei Hu and Qingyun Wang ; 2 ƋƋ, Ganzhulin, Simingshan Town, Yuyao , 853 m, 22, 25.vii.2015, leg. Aihui Yin, Kang Lou and Tao Wang . Anhui Province: 1 Ƌ, Mozitan Town , Huoshan County, 12.viii.2004, leg. Jiasheng Xu and Jialiang Zhang . Henan Province: 1 Ƌ, Baotianman , Neixiang County, 1350 m, 15.vii.1998, leg. Houhun Li, genitalia slide no. YMQ15388 . Hubei Province: 1 Ƌ, Pingbaying, Xianfeng , 1280 m, 22.vii.1999, leg. Houhun Li et al.; 1 Ƌ, Wujiashan, Yingshan, 6.vii.2008, leg. Yunli Xiao ; 3 ƋƋ, Wujiashan , Yingshan County, 10, 15.vii.2011, leg. Yunli Xiao ; 6 ƋƋ, Taohuachong , Yingshan County, 635 m, 23−27.vi.2014, leg. Wei Guan and Meiqing Yang ; 1 Ƌ, Mt. Jiugong, Xianning , 27.vii.2011, leg. Yunli Xiao ; 4 ƋƋ, Qingtaiguan Forest , Luotian County, 570 m, 1−3.vii.2014, leg. Wei Guan and Meiqing Yang . Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: 1 Ƌ, Mt. Daming, Nanning , 1200 m, 7.viii.2011, leg. Shulian Hao and Yinghui Sun ; 1 Ƌ, Dayaoshan Nature Reserves, Jinxiu , 1364 m, 21.vii.2015, leg. Mujie Qi and Shengnan Zhao ; 1 ♀, Maoershan Nature Reserves, Guilin , 1016 m, 23.vii.2015, leg. Mujie Qi and Shengnan Zhao ; 5 ƋƋ, 1 ♀, Yangmeiao, Huanjiang County, Hechi , 1180 m, 23−25.vii.2015, leg. Meiqing Yang and Ga-Eun Lee . Hainan Province: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Jianfengling Nature Reserves , 770 m, 29.v, 1.vi.2015, leg. Peixin Cong, Wei Guan and Sha Hu ; 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Tianchi, Jianfengling , 787 m, 14.vii.2015, leg. Qingyun Wang, Suran Li and Mengting Chen ; 1 Ƌ, Diaoluoshan Nature Reserves , 922 m, 26.v.2015, leg. Peixin Cong, Wei Guan and Sha Hu . Chongqing: 2 ƋƋ, Mt. Jinyun , 29.vii.2010, leg. Xicui Du and Chaowei Bi ; 1 Ƌ, Baiyunzhuhai, Mt. Jinyun , 550 m, 29.vii.2012, leg. Yinghui Sun and Aihui Yin ; 2 ƋƋ, Mt. Simian , 1280 m, 14.vii.2012, leg. Yinghui Sun and Aihui Yin ; 10 ƋƋ, 4 ♀♀, Mt. Simian , 1280 m, 10−12.viii.2012, leg. Xiaofei Yang and Tengteng Liu ; 1 ♀, Jinyinshan , Youyang County, 660 m, 26.vii.2012, leg. Yinghui Sun and Aihui Yin . Guizhou Province: 1 Ƌ, Chengjiashan , Daozhen County, 1300 m, 19.viii.2004, leg. Yunli Xiao ; 1 Ƌ, Kuankuoshui Conservation Zone , Suiyang County, 16.viii.2010, leg . Linlin Yang. Yunnan Province: 2 ƋƋ, 1 ♀, Taiyanghe Nature Reserves , 1450 m, 20−22.v.2014, leg. Zhengguo Zhang ; 3 ♀♀, Yexianggu, Xishuangbanna , 762 m, 9−12.vii.2015, leg. Kaijian Teng and Xia Bai . Shaanxi Province: 1 Ƌ, Xunyangba Town, Ningshan , 1360 m, 3.vii.2007, leg. Haili Yu .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 32 ) with wingspan 17.0−23.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to E. aganactes ( Meyrick, 1935) in the forewing ground color much darker in distal 1/4. Encolapta sheni can be separated by having an apex-rounded uncus and an apex-rounded aedeagus in the male genitalia ( Fig. 46 ). In E. aganactes , the uncus is concave medially at apex and the aedeagus is pointed apically in the male genitalia ( Clarke 1969(6): Pl. 217, Figs 1 c, 1d). The female genitalia of E. sheni can be separated from those of the other known Encolapta species by the rhombic ostium bursae and the eighth tergite with posterior margin strongly protruding for 3/4 the length of the eighth segment ( Fig. 57 ).

Distribution. China (Anhui, Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution of Chinese Encolapta spp. The tegulifera - group: □ E. bifasciaria sp. nov., ● E. lunata sp. nov., ▲ E. cornuta sp. nov., ♦ E. obliquata sp. nov., ¤ E. aciprojecta sp. nov., * E. trapezoidea sp. nov., ■ E. tegulifera, ♥ E. catarina, ♣ E. subtegulifera, ♠ E. scriniata, § E. shenae.

FIGURES 28 − 33. Adults of Encolapta spp. 28, E. catarina, ♀; 29, E. shenae, ♂; 30, E. marginans, ♀; 31, E. epichthonia, ♂; 32, E. sheni, ♂; 33, E. valvispinata, ♀. (Scale bars = 2.0 mm).

FIGURES 42 − 47. Male genitalia of Encolapta spp. 42, E. catarina, slide no. L 95207; 43, E. shenae, slide no. L 94339; 44, E. marginans, slide no. YMQ 15622; 45, E. epichthonia, slide no. YMQ 15241; 46, E. sheni, slide no. YMQ 15249; 47, E. valvispinata, slide no. YMQ 15611. (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).

FIGURES 53 − 58. Female genitalia of Encolapta spp. 53, E. catarina, slide no. L 95426; 54, E. subtegulifera, slide no. YMQ 15470; 55, E. marginans, slide no. YMQ 15633; 56, E. epichthonia, slide no. YMQ 15216; 57, E. sheni, slide no. YMQ 15223; 58, E. valvispinata, slide no. YMQ 15384. (Scale bars = 0.5 mm).