Encolpotis xanthoria
Encolpotis xanthoria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Kenya, Malawi and South Africa (Gauteng, Western Cape).[1][2]
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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.
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