Encolapta
Creators: name: Yang, Meiqing
name: Li, Houhun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Gelechiidae
Encolapta

description: Key to the Chinese species of Encolapta based on adults and male genitalia
1. Second palpomere with loose scale tuft on ventral surface.................................................... 2
- Second palpomere with tight scale tuft on ventro-distal surface............................................... 12
2. Forewing with broad transverse fascia.................................................................... 3
- Forewing without broad transverse fascia.................................................................. 5
3. Forewing with broad transverse fascia from costal margin to dorsum............................................ 4
- Forewing with broad transverse fascia from costal margin to about posterior 1/5 (Fig. 25).............. E. lunata sp. nov.
4. Uncus with small process at apex (Fig. 36)............................................... E. aciprojecta sp. nov.
- Uncus without process at apex (Fig. 34)................................................... E. bifasciaria sp. nov.
5. Valva with six long spines on inner surface (Fig. 47).............................................. E. valvispinata
- Valva without spine on inner surface..................................................................... 6
6. Forewing with scattered ochreous yellow scales............................................................. 7
- Forewing without scattered ochreous yellow scales........................................................... 8
7. Valva knife-shaped distally (Fig. 42).............................................................. E. catarina
- Valva elliptical distally (Fig. 43).................................................................. E. shenae
8. Uncus with membraneous process on ventral surface (Fig. 35).................................. E. cornuta sp. nov.
- Uncus without membraneous process on ventral surface...................................................... 9
9. Discocellular spot tadpole-shaped (Fig. 23)................................................. E. obliquata sp. nov.
- Discocellular spot not tadpole-shaped................................................................... 10
10. Valva pointed at apex (Fig. 18)................................................................ E. tegulifera
- Valva rounded at apex................................................................................ 11
11. Forewing with dot below 2/5 of fold (Fig. 24)............................................. E. trapezoidea sp. nov.
- Forewing without dot below 2/5 of fold (Fig. 27)................................................. E. subtegulifera
12. Uncus without setae on ventral surface................................................................... 13
- Uncus with long setae on ventral surface................................................................. 14
13. Valva with angular process on ventral margin (Park 1995: Fig. 47)...................................... E. heppneri
- Valva without angular process on ventral margin (Fig. 44)........................................... E. marginans
14. Uncus with apex concave medially (Clarke 1969(6): Pl. 217, Fig. 1 d).................................. E. aganactes
- Uncus with apex rounded............................................................................. 15
15. Valva trapezoidal distally (Fig. 40).............................................................. E. scriniata
- Valva round distally................................................................................. 16
16. Valvella club-shaped (Fig. 45)................................................................ E. epichthonia
- Valvella trapezoidal (Fig. 46)...................................................................... E. sheni
description: 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 204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/166869