Encolapta

Encolapta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Anacampsinae
Genus: Encolapta
Meyrick, 1913[1]
Type species
Encolapta metorcha
Meyrick, 1913
Synonyms[2]
  • Chelophoba Meyrick, 1935
  • Homoshelas Meyrick, 1935

Encolapta is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.[2][3][4]

Species

The following 22 species are recognized by the Catalogue of World Gelechiidae:[2]

  • Encolapta aciprojecta Yang & Li, 2016
  • Encolapta aganactes (Meyrick, 1935)
  • Encolapta bifasciaria Yang & Li, 2016
  • Encolapta catarina (Ponomarenko, 1994)
  • Encolapta cornuta Yang & Li, 2016
  • Encolapta epichthonia (Meyrick, 1935)
  • Encolapta heppneri (Park, 1995)
  • Encolapta lunata Yang & Li, 2016
  • Encolapta marginans (Li & Zheng, 1998)
  • Encolapta melaina (Clarke, 1986)
  • Encolapta metorcha Meyrick, 1913
  • Encolapta najuensis Park & Byun, 2021
  • Encolapta obliquata Yang & Li, 2016
  • Encolapta pinnata (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Encolapta scriniata (Meyrick, 1913)
  • Encolapta shenae (Li & Zheng, 1998)
  • Encolapta sheni (Li & Wang, 1999)
  • Encolapta stasimodes (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Encolapta subtegulifera (Ponomarenko, 1994)
  • Encolapta tegulifera (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Encolapta trapezoidea Yang & Li, 2016
  • Encolapta valvispinata (Li, 2002)

Other sources lists fewer (4 to 7) species.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1913). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVI". The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 22: 160–182 [167].
  2. 1 2 3 Hobern, D. & Sattler, K. (21 April 2026). "Encolapta Meyrick, 1913". Catalogue of World Gelechiidae 1.1.26.101. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Encolapta Meyrick, 1913". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Encolapta Meyrick, 1913". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 April 2026.