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 flavamaculata Yang, 1995
comb. rev.
Figs 1
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D
Andraca flavamaculata
Yang, 1995, Insects of Baishanzu Mountain, Eastern China: 354. Type locality: Zhejiang, China.
Andraca nabesan
Kishida & Owada, 2002, Spec. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coleopterol., (5): 464; Huang & Wang, 2004, Entomotaxonomia, 26(1): 47. Type locality: Cao Bang, Vietnam.
Description.
Male: wingspan 40-44 mm, length of forewing 20-22 mm, antenna length 6-7 mm (Fig. 1-D). Body stout. Forewing apex falcate; outer edge smooth and straight; tornus almost rectangular. Male genitalia (Fig. 2-D): uncus long with apex finger-shaped; tegumen broad with numerous long setae; valvae basally broad, strongly sclerotized, apex of valva boot-shaped; sacculus broad, with a strong dorsal spike; saccus short and narrow; aedeagus short but strong and straight, distally with a large number of spines.
Material Examined.
[CHINA] 2 ♂♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan City, Guangdong Province, 2002-III-15, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 2 ♂♂, same data but 2003-II-23; 5 ♂ ♂, same data but 2003-III-29 ~ 31; 1 ♂, same data but 2003 -VIII-30; 1 ♂, same data but 2006-IX-17, Zhen Li leg.; 2 ♂♂, Maoershan National Nature Reserve, Xingan City, Guangxi Province, 2003-III-03, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 3 ♂ ♂, Mangshan Nature Reserve, Yizhang City, Hunan Province, 2003-III-31, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 1 ♂, Jiuwandashan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi Province, 2003-VII-30, Guo-Hua Huang leg.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi); Vietnam.
Remarks.
Yang (1995)
described the species from Zhejiang, China. The species is similarto
Andraca olivacea
but can be distinguished by the following characters: aedeagus straight; gnathos not prominent.
Zolotuhin and Witt (2009)
synonymized
Andraca nabesan
Kishida & Owada, 2002 with
Andraca flavamaculata
, which they also transferred to
Pseudandraca
species based on features of the genitalia. We accept the synonymy but do not agree with the generic transfer, because we do not consider that the diagnostic feature of
Pseudandraca
given by
Miyata (1970)
, a valva with a "long distinct projection" is present in
Andraca flavamaculata
. We therefore transfer
Andraca flavamaculata
comb. rev. back to
Andraca
.