Encolapta shenae (Li et Zheng, 1998)

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 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).

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 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).