Andraca melli

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Endromidae
Genus: Andraca

Name

Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

  • Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna, Suppl. 16: 262. Type locality: Guangdong, China.

Description

Male: wingspan 37–39 mm, length of forewing 15–18 mm, antenna length 5–7 mm (Fig. 1-F). Antenna bipectinate except apex. Head thinly covered with brown-green hairs. Forewing: apically bluntly pointed; outer edge smooth and straight, tornus nearly rectangular. Hindwings distinctly angled at vein M3, straight above and below this.
Male genitalia (Fig. 2-F): uncus bluntly triangular with long hairs; tegumen broad; gnathos with two extremely medially swollen arms; valvae flattened, strongly sclerotized, apex narrower and truncate with a dorsally directed projection from the middle; saccus short and broad; aedeagus short, strongly curved, with a compact group of long, thick needle-shaped cornuti on dorsal surface.

Material Examined

[CHINA]2 ♂♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan City, Guangdong Province, 2007-VI-23, Liu-Sheng Chen collected larvae and reared to adult.

Host

Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Camellia oleifera (Theaceae), Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Oleaceae) and Ternstroemia japonica (Ternstroemiaceae), Pentaphylax euryoides Gardn. & Champ. (Pentaphylacaceae) (new host record).

Distribution

China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan); Vietnam; Thailand.

Remarks

Andraca melli was first described by Zolotuhin and Witt (2009)[1], who also reported on the biology of this species.

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

  1. ↑ Zolotuhin V, Witt T (2009) The Bombycidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna, (Suppl. 16): 231–272.

Images

Figure 1. Distributional map of Andraca spp. from China.
Figure 1. Distributional map of Andraca spp. from China. 
Figure 2. Adult male Andraca spp. A Andraca bipunctata Walker, l865 from Yunnan B Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927 from Guangdong C Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907 from Guangxi D Andraca flavamaculata Yang, 1995 from Guangdong E Andraca gongshanensis, sp. n., Holotype, from Yunnan F Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 from Guangdong G Andraca theae Matsumura, 1909 from Hunan Province H Andraca theae Matsumura, 1909 from Hunan Province (in field).
Figure 2. Adult male Andraca spp. A Andraca bipunctata Walker, l865 from Yunnan B Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927 from Guangdong C Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907 from Guangxi D Andraca flavamaculata Yang, 1995 from Guangdong E Andraca gongshanensis, sp. n., Holotype, from Yunnan F Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 from Guangdong G Andraca theae Matsumura, 1909 from Hunan Province H Andraca theae Matsumura, 1909 from Hunan Province (in field). 
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