Pseudandraca flavamaculata (Yang, 1995)

Wang, Xing, Wang, Min, Zolotuhin, Vadim V., Hirowatari, Toshiya, Wu, Shipher & Huang, Guo-Hua, 2015, The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands, Zootaxa 3989 (1), pp. 1-138 : 73-74

46. Pseudandraca flavamaculata (Yang, 1995) ( FIGURES 26 A–26B)

Andraca flavamaculata Yang, 1995 , Insects of Baishanzu mountain, eastern China: 354, figs. 3, 8. TL: “Zhejiang, China [Mt. Baishanzu, 1100 m]”. Holotype: male (said in the original description to be in collection of the Beijing Agricultural University, but has not been found there.)

Andraca nabesan Kishida & Owada, 2002 , Spec. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coleopterol. (5): 464; Huang & Wang, 2004, Entomotaxonomia 26(1): 47. TL: “ Vietnam, Cao Bang, Cao Bang”. Holotype: male (NSMT) [examined]. Synonymized by Zolotuhin & Witt (2009).

Diagnosis. The species can be distinguished from the other Pseudandraca species endemic to Japan based on the external characters that are unique to the Chinese bombycid species by forewing with the contrasting citrus-yellow spots in R-Cu cell especially distinct, and the valva with a strong sharpened basal inner process.

Specimens examined. [ZHEJIANG] Lin’an County (Qingliangfeng NR): 2 males, 26.VII.2011, Xing Wang leg. (HUNAU); [JIANGXI] Guixi County (Yingtan City, Mts. Wuyishan, Jiangxi/Fujian border, Xipaihejia village, 1500 m, 27˚54’N, 117˚20’E): 3 males, September 2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); 1 male, August 2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Yingtan City (Mt. Wuyishan, Jiangxi-Fujian border, 50 km southeast of Yingtan, 1600 m, 27˚55’N, 117˚25’E): 1 male, March 2002, Siniaev & local collector leg. (MWM); [FUJIAN] Longyan County (Mt. Daimaoshan, 60 km northwest of Longyan, 1300 m, 25˚32’N, 116˚51’E): 3 males, February 2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); 4 males, April 2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); [HUNAN] Yizhang County (Mangshan National NR): 3 males, 31.III.2003, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); [GUANGDONG] Ruyuan County (Nanling National NR): 2 males, 15.III.2002, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); 2 males, 23.II.2003, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); 5 males, 29–31.III.2003, Guo-Hua Huang & Min Wang leg. (SCAU); 1 male, 30.VIII.2003, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); 1 male, 17.IX.2006, Zhen Li leg. (SCAU); [GUANGXI] Xing’an County (Mao’ershan National NR): 2 males, 03.III.2003, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); Rongshui County (Jiuwandashan National NR): 1 male, 30.VII.2003, Guo-Hua Huang leg. (SCAU); Jingxiu County (Dayaoshan National NR): 21 males, 100 km southeast of Liuzhou, 1200 m, 23˚45’N, 109˚45’E, April 2004, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); [SICHUAN] Dujiangyan County: 1 male, Qingchenghoushan Mts., 70 km northwest of Chengdu, 1400 m, 21–25.VIII.2005, S. Murzin leg. (MWM); Luding County: 2 males, Gonggashan Mts., 2600– 3200 m, 29˚41’N, 101˚58’E, 23.IV–15.V.2001, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (13 km north of Caojian town, Fengshuining Mts., 2460 m): 3 males, 25.VII–8.VIII.1999, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM); 3 males, 20.V–9.VI.1999, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM); Yunlong County (90 km northwest of Dali, 25˚50’N, 99˚17’E, 2570 m): 1 male, August 1998, local collector leg. (MWM); 6 males, 30.VIII.1998, local collector leg. (MWM).

Bionomics. The larval host is unknown. Adults appear from March to early September at altitudes from 1100 to 3200 m (Plate 9C).

Distribution. Mainland China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam.

Remarks. The female remains unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Adults and male genitalia of Pseudandraca flavamaculata (Yang, 1995). A. Male (Guangxi); B. Male genitalia (Guangdong).