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]
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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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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.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 26, 2015). "Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909". Afromoths. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 5 (7): 352.
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