Andraca flavamaculata
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Endromidae
Genus: Andraca
Name
Andraca flavamaculata Yang, 1995 comb. rev. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Andraca flavamaculata Yang, 1995, Insects of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China: 354. Type locality: Zhejiang, China.
- Andraca nabesan Kishida & Owada, 2002, Spec. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coleopterol., (5): 464; Huang & Wang, 2004, Entomotaxonomia, 26(1): 47. Type locality: Cao Bang, Vietnam.
Description
Male: wingspan 40–44 mm, length of forewing 20–22 mm, antenna length 6–7 mm (Fig. 1-D). Body stout. Forewing apex falcate; outer edge smooth and straight; tornus almost rectangular. Male genitalia (Fig. 2-D): uncus long with apex finger-shaped; tegumen broad with numerous long setae; valvae basally broad, strongly sclerotized, apex of valva boot-shaped; sacculus broad, with a strong dorsal spike; saccus short and narrow; aedeagus short but strong and straight, distally with a large number of spines.
Material Examined
[CHINA] 2 ♂♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan City, Guangdong Province, 2002-III-15, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 2 ♂♂, same data but 2003-II-23; 5 ♂ ♂, same data but 2003-III-29 ~ 31; 1 ♂, same data but 2003 -VIII-30; 1 ♂, same data but 2006-IX-17, Zhen Li leg.; 2 ♂♂ , Maoershan National Nature Reserve, Xingan City, Guangxi Province, 2003-III-03, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 3 ♂ ♂, Mangshan Nature Reserve, Yizhang City, Hunan Province, 2003-III-31, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 1 ♂, Jiuwandashan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi Province, 2003-VII-30, Guo-Hua Huang leg.
Host
Unknown.
Distribution
China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi); Vietnam.
Remarks
Yang (1995)[1] described the species from Zhejiang, China. The species is similarto Andraca olivacea but can be distinguished by the following characters: aedeagus straight; gnathos not prominent. Zolotuhin and Witt (2009)[2] synonymized Andraca nabesan Kishida & Owada, 2002 with Andraca flavamaculata, which they also transferred to Pseudandraca species based on features of the genitalia. We accept the synonymy but do not agree with the generic transfer, because we do not consider that the diagnostic feature of Pseudandraca given by Miyata (1970)[3], a valva with a “long distinct projection” is present in Andraca flavamaculata. We therefore transfer Andraca flavamaculata comb. rev. back to Andraca.
Taxon Treatment
- Wang, X; Zeng, L; Wang, M; 2011: The genus Andraca (Lepidoptera, Endromidae) in China with descriptions of a new species ZooKeys, 127: 29-42. doi
Other References
- ↑ Yang J (1995) Lepidoptera: Bombycidae. In: Wu H (Ed). East Hill Zukun hundred insects. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing: 353-358.
- ↑ Zolotuhin V, Witt T (2009) The Bombycidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna, (Suppl. 16): 231–272.
- ↑ Miyata T (1970) A generic revision of the Japanese Bombycidae, with description of a new genus (Lepidoptera). Tinea 8: 190-199.
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