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.