Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927

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 : 30-32

Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927 Figs 1 –B2– B

Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927, J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido. Univ., 19: 50. Type locality: Formosa (=Taiwan), China.

Andraca hedra Chu & Wang, 1993, Sinozool., 10: 233. Type locality: Hainan, China.

Andraca hedra Chu & Wang: Chu & Wang, 1996, Fauna Sinica Insecta, 5: 58.

Andraca olivacea : Owada et al., 2002, Spec. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coleopterol., 5: 464; Kishida, 1992, Lepidoptera of Taiwan, 1 (2): 153.

Description.

Male: wingspan 36-38 mm, length of forewing 16-20 mm, antenna length 5-7 mm (Fig. 1-B). Hindtibia with two pairs of spurs; hindwings with Rs and M1 connate. Male genitalia (Fig. 2-B): uncus thick and round; valva simple, basal half broad and terminal half narrow; distal margin of aedeagus with strong lateral spines; vesica with a cluster of spinose cornuti.

Material Examined.

[CHINA] 1 ♂, Shimentai Provincial Nature Reserve, Yingde City, Guangdong Province, 2001-VII-24, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 1 ♂, same data but 2001-IX-22; 3 ♂ ♂, same data but 2002-VI-11, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 1 ♂, Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan City, Guangdong Province, 2002-VII-23, Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 4 ♂ ♂, same data but 2003-III-29~31; 1 ♂, same data but 2003-VI-22; 2 ♂ ♂, same data but 2003-VIII-7; 2 ♂ ♂, same data but 2003-VIII-18; 5 ♂ ♂, same data but 2004-IV-23; 1 ♀, same data but 2004-IV-24; 2 ♂ ♂, same data but 2006-IX-18, Liu-Sheng Chen leg.; 1 ♂, same data but 2008-VI-7, Min Wang leg.; 1 ♂, same data but 2008-VI-7; 1 ♂, same data but 2009-IV-1, Hou-Shuai Wang leg.; 1 ♂, same data but 2009-VIII-10; 1 ♂, same data but 2009-IV-1; 1 ♂, same data but 2009-VIII-10; 1 ♂, Maoershan National Nature Reserve, Xingan City, Guangxi Province, 2003-III-3, Min Wang & Guo-Hua Huang leg.; 6 ♂ ♂, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, Ledong City, Hainan Province, 2003-XI-29~31, Guo-Hua Huang & Min Wang leg.; 1 ♂, same data but 2007-X-23, Min Wang leg.

Host.

Ficus concinna var. pusillifolia ( Moraceae ).

Distribution.

China (Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Vietnam.

Remarks.

Wang (1995) provide a fine color illustration of a fresh living male. Owada et al. (2002) considered Andraca olivacens from Fukien (= Fujian) to the synonym of Andraca olivacea , whereas Zolotuhin and Witt (2009) treated it as a subspecies thereof. We do not comment further on which of these two alternatives may be the most appropriate status for this taxon because we have not seen the types of Andraca olivacens .