The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands
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Wang, Xing
Author
Wang, Min
Author
Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
Author
Hirowatari, Toshiya
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Wu, Shipher
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Huang, Guo-Hua
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Zootaxa
2015
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Andraca trilochoides
Moore, 1865
(FIGURES 24F, 25H)
Andraca trilochoides
Moore, 1865
,
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
33
: 820. TL: [
India
] “Darjeeling”.
Andraca trilochoides roepkei
Bryk, 1944
Andraca roepkei
Bryk, 1944
,
Ark. Zool.
35A 8: 17, pl. 3, fig. 22 (not 21, as given in the text). TL: “N. E.
Burma
, Kambaiti,
2,000 m
”.
Lectotype
: male (NRMS) [examined].
Andraca henosa
Chu & Wang, 1993
,
Sinozoologia
10: 242, fig. 26, pl. 2, fig. 26. TL: “
China
, Yunnan, Yongshan”.
Holotype
(by original designation): male (IZAS) [not examined].
Andraca bipunctata
Walker, 1865
; Chu & Wang (1993); Wang
et al.
(2011).
Diagnosis.
Characterized by the dark reddish-yellow wings with entire outer margins. It is somewhat similar to
A. theae
, but the outer edge of the forewing submarginal line is highlighted in white.
Specimens examined.
[JIANGXI] Zixi County:
1 male
, Jiangxi/Fujian border, Mts. Wuyishan,
1430 m
,
VIII. 2000
, native collector leg. (MWM); [HUBEI] Huanggang City:
1 male
, Mt. Tapieh-Shan (Dabie Shan), middle
June to August 1999
, J. Li leg. (MWM); [HAINAN] Wuzhishan City:
1 female
, Mts. Wuzhi-Shan, 18˚53’N, 109˚43’E,
20.II–10.IV.2001
, local collector leg. leg. (MWM); [SICHUAN] Mianning County:
62 males
, Mts. Daxue-Shan,
80 km
west of Mianning,
2750 m
, 28˚34’N, 102˚00’E,
7–8.VII.1999
, Siniaev & Plutenko leg. (MWM);
2 males
, Mts. Qionglai-Shan,
1400 m
, 31˚13’N, 102˚23’E,
June 2006
, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Dechang County:
27 males
, Mt. Abulandan-Shan, 27˚25’N, 102˚06’E,
July 2005
, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Tengchong County (Mt. Gaoligongshan):
2 males
,
15.VI.2005
, Ming-Yi Tian leg. (SCAU);
1 male
,
3000 m
,
June 1999
, Wang & Li leg. (MWM); Gongshan County:
2 males
, Dulongjiang Grand Canyon,
21.VII.2006
, Min Wang & Xiao- Ling Fan leg. (SCAU);
1 male
and
1 female
, Mt. Gongshan,
22.VII.2006
, Min Wang & Xiao-Ling Fan leg. (SCAU); Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (Yunlong County,
13 km
north of Caojian town, Mts. Fengshuining,
2460 m
):
9 males
,
10–23.VI.1999
, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM);
17 males
and
1 female
,
20.V–9.VI.1999
, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM);
48 males
and
4 females
,
25.VII–8.VIII.1999
, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM);
5 males
, Mt. Diancang Shan,
2200 m
, 25˚41’N, 100˚05’E,
15–30.VII.2004
, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Yuanyang County:
1 male
, Mt. Baiyanzishan,
2900 m
,
May 2000
, native collector leg. (MWM); Mojiang County:
6 males
, Mt. Dajlanshan,
2500 m
,
July 2000
, local collector leg. (MWM); Yunlong County:
1 male
, Mt. Wubaoshan,
3500 m
,
May to June 2000
, local collector leg. (MWM); Xinping County:
1 male
, Mt. Daxueguoshan, Zhengyuan side,
3100 m
,
June 2000
, native collector leg. (MWM); Huize County:
2 males
, mt. Wumeng Shan,
2200 m
,
20 km
north of Baoshan village in Huidong County of Sichuan Province, 26˚28’N, 104˚27’E,
20.IV–5.V.2004
, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM).
Bionomics.
The larval hosts are the tea tree,
Camellia sinensis
(L.) O. Ktze., 1887,
C. oleifera
Abel., 1818
and
C. japonica
Linn., 1753 (Theaceae)
. Adults appear in
Vietnam
from April to July and again in November, and in
China
from late April to August.
Distribution.
Mainland
China
(Anhui, Jiangxi-Fujian border, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan) and Hainan,
Myanmar
, northern
Vietnam
, northern
Thailand
,
Nepal
,
India
.
Remarks.
This species is widely distributed in the Sino-Himalayan region.
X
VI.
Pseudandraca
Miyata, 1970
(
FIGURE 26
)
Pseudandraca
Miyata, 1970
,
Tinea
8
: 190.
Type
species:
Andraca gracilis
Butler, 1885
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Characterized by the following features: wings dark gray with numerous yellow patches; antemedial, medial and postmedial lines sinuate; discal cell with a black spot; forewing apex acute; uncus finger-shaped, apically pointed; sacculus boot-shaped; saccus short.
Distribution.
Japan
,
China
,
Vietnam
.
Remarks.
Two species are included in this genus, the
type
species endemic to
Japan
and a second distributed from
Vietnam
to eastern
China
(Map 16).
Map 16.
Distribution of
Pseudandraca flavamaculata
(Yang, 1995)
mainly in
China
.