Encolpotis xanthoria Meyrick, 1909

FAMILY	Gelechiidae
SUBFAMILY	Gelechiinae
GENUS	Encolpotis
SPECIES	xanthoria
AUTHOR	Meyrick, 1909
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Encolpotis xanthoria, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, Western Cape], Cape Colony, Cape Town, e.l. Icerya [Coccidae], viii.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -33°58'13" Longitude: 18°35'18"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	5 Syntypes ♂, ♀, SAMC, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Meyrick E. 1909a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5(7):349-379.
PAGINATION	352

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Kenya		Le Pelley R. H. 1932. On the pest-status of certain coffee-feeding insects, with records newly recorded from coffee in Kenya. - Journal of East African Natural History 40-41 (1931):67-77.	76
Malawi		Miller S. E., Copeland R. S., Rosati M. E. & Hebert P. D. N. 2014b. DNA barcodes of microlepidoptera reared from native fruit in Kenya. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 116(1):137-142.	139
South Africa	Gauteng	Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1-28, pls 1-8.	13
South Africa	Western Cape	Meyrick E. 1909a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5(7):349-379.	352

Host Plants

FAMILY	SPECIES	COUNTRY	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Coccidae	Icerya sp.	South Africa	Meyrick E. 1909a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 5(7):349-379.	352
Annonaceae	Monanthotaxis parvifolia	Kenya	Miller S. E., Copeland R. S., Rosati M. E. & Hebert P. D. N. 2014b. DNA barcodes of microlepidoptera reared from native fruit in Kenya. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 116(1):137-142.	139
Loranthaceae	Agelanthus sansibarensis	Kenya	Miller S. E., Copeland R. S., Rosati M. E. & Hebert P. D. N. 2014b. DNA barcodes of microlepidoptera reared from native fruit in Kenya. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 116(1):137-142.	139
Rubiaceae	Coffea sp.	Kenya	Le Pelley R. H. 1932. On the pest-status of certain coffee-feeding insects, with records newly recorded from coffee in Kenya. - Journal of East African Natural History 40-41 (1931):67-77.	76
Fabaceae	Acacia karroo	South Africa	McGeoch M. A. 1993. The Microlepidoptera associated with a fungus gall on Acacia karroo Hayne in South Africa. - African Entomology 1(1):49-56.	53

* In a gall induced by Ravenelia macowaniana (see M. A. McGeoch 1993: 53).