The genus Andraca (Lepidoptera, Endromidae) in China with descriptions of a new species
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Wang, Xing
Author
Zeng, Ling
Author
Wang, Min
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ZooKeys
2011
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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 theae Matsumura, 1909
Figs 1-G, 1
-H2-
G, 2-H
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.
Camellia sinensis
(
Theaceae
).
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).
Figure 3. Male genitalia of Chinese
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.
Distribution.
China (Taiwan, Guangdong, Hunan, Anhui).
Remarks.
The species is easily separated from its congeners by the apically bifurcate valvae.
Figure 4. The early stages of
Andraca theae
Matsumura, 1909 from Hunan Province
A-B
Eggs C First larvae D Third larvae
E-F
Final larvae
G-H
Pupa and cocoon.