Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009

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 : 33-34

Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 Figs 1 –F2– F

Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna, Suppl. 16: 262. Type locality: Guangdong, China.

Description.

Male: wingspan 37-39 mm, length of forewing 15-18 mm, antenna length 5-7 mm (Fig. 1-F). Antenna bipectinate except apex. Head thinly covered with brown-green hairs. Forewing: apically bluntly pointed; outer edge smooth and straight, tornus nearly rectangular. Hindwings distinctly angled at vein M3, straight above and below this.

Male genitalia (Fig. 2-F): uncus bluntly triangular with long hairs; tegumen broad; gnathos with two extremely medially swollen arms; valvae flattened, strongly sclerotized, apex narrower and truncate with a dorsally directed projection from the middle; saccus short and broad; aedeagus short, strongly curved, with a compact group of long, thick needle-shaped cornuti on dorsal surface.

Material Examined.

[CHINA]2 ♂♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan City, Guangdong Province, 2007-VI-23, Liu-Sheng Chen collected larvae and reared to adult.

Host.

Camellia sinensis ( Theaceae ), Camellia oleifera ( Theaceae ), Fraxinus pennsylvanica ( Oleaceae ) and Ternstroemia japonica ( Ternstroemiaceae ), Pentaphylax euryoides Gardn. & Champ. ( Pentaphylacaceae ) (new host record).

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan); Vietnam; Thailand.

Remarks.

Andraca melli was first described by Zolotuhin and Witt (2009), who also reported on the biology of this species.