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Encolapta shenae Li et Zheng 1998

Description

Encolapta shenae (Li et Zheng, 1998)

(Figs 29, 43)

Dactylethrella shenae Li et Zheng, 1998a: 58.

Encolapta shenae (Li et Zheng): Ponomarenko, 2009: 318.

Type material. CHINA: Holotype Ƌ, Mt. Zhenzhu, Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, 25.vi.1989, leg. Guangpu Shen, genitalia slide no. L94339.

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 29) with wingspan 11.0 mm. This species is superficially similar to E. catarina (Ponomarenko, 1994), and the differences between them are stated under the latter species. The male genitalia of E. shenae resemble those of E. subtegulifera (Ponomarenko, 1994). Encolapta shenae can be separated by the straight valvella and the corniform juxta (Fig. 43); in E. subtegulifera, the valvella is curved outward and the juxta is trapezoidal (Fig. 41).

Distribution. China (Jiangxi).

Notes

Published as part of Yang, Meiqing & Li, Houhun, 2016, Review of the genus Encolapta Meyrick, 1913 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Chelariini) from China, with descriptions of six new species, pp. 201-227 in Zootaxa 4193 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/166869

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1989-06-25
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Encolapta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Li et Zheng
Species
shenae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1989-06-25
Taxonomic concept label
Encolapta shenae et, 1998 sec. Yang & Li, 2016

References

  • Li, H. H. & Zheng, Z. M. (1998 a) Genus Dactylethrella in China, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Entomotaxonomia, 20 (1), 57 - 60.
  • Ponomarenko, M. G. (2009) Gelechiid moths of the subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) of the world fauna, Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 389 pp.
  • Ponomarenko, M. G. (1994) Two new species of the genus Dactylethrella Fletcher (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) from Russian Far East. Japan Heterocerists' Journal, 176, 7 - 9.