Encolapta subtegulifera ( 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 : 221

Encolapta subtegulifera ( Ponomarenko, 1994)

( Figs 27 , 41 , 53 )

Dactylethrella subtegulifera Ponomarenko, 1994: 7 .

Ethmiopsis subtegulifera ( Ponomarenko): Ponomarenko, 1997 : 43. Encolapta subtegulifera ( Ponomarenko): Ponomarenko, 2004 : 70.

Material examined. CHINA: Liaoning Province: 1 ♀, Heshangmaozi , Benxi County, 26.vi.2010, leg. Jiayu Liu and Yanpeng Cai, genitalia slide no. YMQ15470 ; 1 Ƌ, Wenquan Temple , Benxi County, 30.vi.2010, leg. Jiayu Liu and Yanpeng Cai, genitalia slide no. YMQ15469 . Hubei Province: 1 Ƌ, Houhe , Wufeng County, 1000 m, 10.vii.1999, leg. Houhun Li . Sichuan Province: 1 Ƌ, Wolong Nature Reserves , 1900 m, 7.viii.2004, leg. Yingdang Ren, genitalia slide no. YMQ15499 . Guizhou Province: 1 Ƌ, Xiasicun, Kuankuoshui , 840 m, 8.vi.2010, leg. Linlin Yang.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 27 ) with wingspan 16.0−17.0 mm. This species resembles E. tegulifera (Meyrick, 1932) in having similar forewing patterns. Encolapta subtegulifera can be separated by the apically rounded valva in the male genitalia ( Fig. 41 ), and the lateral band widened anteriorly in the female genitalia ( Fig. 53 ). In E. tegulifera , the valva is pointed apically in the male genitalia ( Fig. 18 ), and the lateral band is uniform in the female genitalia ( Fig. 19 ).

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Hubei, Liaoning, Sichuan), Japan, Korea, Russian Far East.

Figures

FIGURES 20 − 27. Adults of Encolapta spp. 20, E. bifasciaria sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 21, E. cornuta sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 22, E. aciprojecta sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 23, E. obliquata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 24, E. trapezoidea sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 25, E. lunata sp. nov., holotype, ♂; 26, E. scriniata, ♂; 27, E. subtegulifera, ♂. (Scale bars = 2.0 mm).

FIGURES 34 − 41. Male genitalia of Encolapta spp. 34, E. bifasciaria sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YMQ 13206; 35, E. cornuta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YMQ 13207; 36, E. aciprojecta sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YMQ 15479; 37, E. obliquata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. YMQ 15501; 38, E. trapezoidea sp. nov., holotype, slide no. YMQ 15487; 39, E. lunata sp. nov., paratype, slide no. YMQ 15489; 40, E. scriniata, slide no. YMQ 13226; 41, E. subtegulifera, slide no. YMQ 15499. (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).

FIGURES 18 − 19. Genital structure of Encolapta spp. 18, male genitalia of E. tegulifera, slide no. YMQ 15463; 18 a, eighth abdominal segment of male E. aciprojecta sp. nov., arrow indicates eighth tergite, slide no. YMQ 15479; 19, female genitalia of E. tegulifera, slide no. YMQ 15455. (Scale bars 18 a = 0.2 mm; 18 − 19 = 0.5 mm).