The genus Andraca (Lepidoptera, Endromidae) in China with descriptions of a new species
Author
Wang, Xing
Author
Zeng, Ling
Author
Wang, Min
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127.928
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127.928
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Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009
Figs 1
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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)
, who also reported on the biology of this species.