Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907

Wang, Xing, Zeng, Ling & Wang, Min, 2011, The genus Andraca (Lepidoptera, Endromidae) in China with descriptions of a new species, ZooKeys 127, pp. 29-42 : 32

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127.928

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scientific name

Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907
status

 

Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907 Figs 1 –C2– C

Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 19 (7): 49. Type locality: Sumatra, Indonesia.

Andraca apodecta Swinhoe: Holloway, 1976, Malayan Nature Society: 85; Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna, 261.

Description.

Male: wingspan 37-39 mm, length of forewing 15-18 mm, antenna length 6-8 mm (Fig. 1-C). Head covered with reddish-brown hairs; forewing with black discal spot, smooth outer margin and apically not falcate. Male genitalia (Fig. 2-C): uncus triangular, apical half truncate; valva with two subapical, dorsally-directed projections; aedeagus short, curved slightly without cornuti, external surface without hair-like spines.

Material Examined.

[CHINA]2♂♂, Jinzhongshan Mountain, Longlin City, Guangxi Province, 2007-VII-31, Liu-Sheng Chen leg..

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Shaanxi), Vietnam, Thailand (Chiang Mai, Nan), Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi).

Remarks.

The species was first recorded from China (Yunnan, Fujian, Shaanxi) by Zolotuhin and Witt (2009) and is here recorded from Guangxi for the first time.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Bombycidae

Genus

Andraca