Andraca theae
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Endromidae
Genus: Andraca
Name
Andraca theae Matsumura, 1909 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Oreta theae Matsumura, 1909, Thousand Insects of Japan, 1: 86. Type locality: Formosa (= Taiwan), China.
Description
Male: wingspan 35–37 mm, length of forewing 17–19 mm, antenna length 6–7 mm (Figs 1-G, 1-H). Head densely covered with dark brown hairs; antenna bipectinate except apex. Forewing apex inconspicuously falcate, exterior margin straight. Forewing and hindwing each with a dark discal spot.
Male genitalia (Fig. 2-G): uncus triangular with apex narrowly spatulate; tegumen broad; gnathos elongate, medially inflated; saccus short and broad; valvae bifurcate apically; dorsal margin with a subapical hump; aedeagus bowed with dense apical spines.
Material Examined
[CHINA] 1 ♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan City, Guangdong Province, 2003-III-29, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 1 ♂, same data to the former, except 2003-VIII-12, Guo-Hua Huang & De-Yu Xin leg.; 2 ♂♂, Taibei City, Taiwan Province, 2009-VIII-15, Shipher Wu leg.; 10 ♂♂, Wuyunjie National Nature Reserve, Taoyuan City, Hunan Province, 2010-VII-2, collected the larvae in the field by Mr. Hong-Chun Zhou, got the adults from the larvae bred in the entomological laboratory of Hunan Agricultural University by Dr. Guo-Hua Huang; 3 ♂♂, Houxi Town, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, 2010-VI-28, the adults from the larvae collected in the field and bred in laboratory by Dr. Guo-Hua Huang.
Host
Biology
This species is widely distributed in Taiwan and Southern China. The larvae were found on Camellia sinensis in Hunan Province; photographs of the early stages were taken in June to August, 2010 (Figs 3-A to 3-H).
Distribution
China (Taiwan, Guangdong, Hunan, Anhui).
Remarks
The species is easily separated from its congeners by the apically bifurcate valvae.
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
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