This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article 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): 201-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.1

Abstract

Seventeen species of the genus Encolapta Meyrick, 1913 from China are reviewed. Six species are described as new: E. bifasciaria sp. nov., E. cornuta sp. nov., E. aciprojecta sp. nov., E. obliquata sp. nov., E. trapezoidea sp. nov. and E. lunata sp. nov.; the previously unknown female of E. marginans (Li et Zheng, 1998) is described for the first time; and one new combination, E. valvispinata (Li, 2002) comb. nov., is proposed. All these species are placed into two species groups based on morphological characters: the tegulifera -group and the epichthonia -group. Photographs of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to all the described Chinese species and two maps showing their localities.

Key words: Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Encolapta, new species, China

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c6c761ee-b28b-448b-b148-8fe43f6242b2
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/DF73FFC9716FEC01FF9A7C4F4C06FFFE
Citation: Yang M, Li H, plazi (2016). Review of the genus Encolapta Meyrick, 1913 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Chelariini) from China, with descriptions of six new species. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.