Encolpotis xanthoria | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Encolpotis |
Species: | E. xanthoria
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Binomial name | |
Encolpotis xanthoria
Meyrick, 1909
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Encolpotis xanthoria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Kenya, Malawi and the South African provinces of Gauteng and Western Cape. [1] [2]
The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are ferruginous brown, with a prismatic-bluish gloss, darkest towards the costa. The stigmata are represented by spots of dark fuscous suffusion, the discal rather approximated, the plical before the first discal. There is a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are pale whitish ochreous. [3]
The larvae feed on Icerya and Coffea species, as well as Monanthotaxis parvifolia and Agelanthus sansibarensis.
Encolpotis xanthoria | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Encolpotis |
Species: | E. xanthoria
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Binomial name | |
Encolpotis xanthoria
Meyrick, 1909
|
Encolpotis xanthoria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Kenya, Malawi and the South African provinces of Gauteng and Western Cape. [1] [2]
The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are ferruginous brown, with a prismatic-bluish gloss, darkest towards the costa. The stigmata are represented by spots of dark fuscous suffusion, the discal rather approximated, the plical before the first discal. There is a streak of dark fuscous suffusion along the termen. The hindwings are pale whitish ochreous. [3]
The larvae feed on Icerya and Coffea species, as well as Monanthotaxis parvifolia and Agelanthus sansibarensis.