Encolapta catarina ( Ponomarenko, 1994 )

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 : 222

Encolapta catarina ( Ponomarenko, 1994)

( Figs 28 , 42 , 54 )

Dactylethrella catarina Ponomarenko, 1994: 8 .

Ethmiopsis catarina ( Ponomarenko): Ponomarenko, 1997 : 42. Encolapta catarina ( Ponomarenko): Ponomarenko, 2004 : 70.

Material examined. CHINA: Gansu Province: 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Douba , Kang County, 1100 m, 4.vi.1995, leg. Aisihaer Maimaiti . Shaanxi Province: 1 ♂, Yangling , 450 m, 26.vi.1986, leg. Houhun Li ; 1 ♀, Ningshan , 880 m, 17.vi.1987, leg. Houhun Li ; 1 ♀, Xinjiashan , Feng County, 1600 m, 14.vii.1988, leg. Houhun Li .

Diagosis. Adult ( Fig. 28 ) with wingspan 14.5−16.5 mm. This species is similar to E. shenae (Li et Zheng, 1998) in the forewing with scattered ochreous yellow scales. Encolapta catarina can be separated by the forewing with short ochreous streaks alternated with white in distal 2/3 of the costal margin, and the valva with distal part knife-shaped in the male genitalia ( Fig. 42 ). In E. shenae , the forewing has short ochreous to dark brown streaks alternated with white in distal 3/4 of the costal margin ( Fig. 29 ), and the distal part of the valva is elliptical in the male genitalia ( Fig. 43 ).

Distribution. China (Gansu, Shaanxi), Japan, Korea, Russian Far East.

Figures

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).