A Revised Annotated and Distributional Checklist of Chinese Andraca (Lepidoptera, Oberthuerinae) with Description of a New Subspecies

Authors

  • Xing Wang
  • Min Wang
  • Liang-Ying Dai
  • Vadim V. Zolotuhin

Abstract

The Chinese Andraca is revised with the check-list annotated. A new bombycid geographic subspecies, Andraca nobilorum houtuae Wang & Zolotuhin subsp. nov., is described from Damingshan National Nature Reserve, South China. The new subspecies differs from the nominate A. nobilorum in Central Vietnam by the darker marker at the apex of the forewing indistinct but prominent in the holotype of A. nobilorum, and its male genitalia with the apex of valva slenderer and pointed. A key to the Chinese Andraca species and Pseudandraca flavamaculata, and the distributional maps are given. The male holotype specimen of the new subspecies is deposited in SCAU (South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China).

Resumen: Se describe una nueva especie de Bombycidae, Andraca nobilorum houtuae Wang & Zolotuhin sp. nov., de la Reserva Natural Nacional de Damingshan de la región autónoma de Guangxi en el sur de China. Las manchas en las alas de la nueva especie son muy diferentes de otras especies de Andraca, y los genitales masculinos son muy similares a A. theae Matsumura, pero se distingue por tener el uncus más ancho, el ápice de la valvula bifurcado, la 1 / 3 parte distal de la valvula bien esclerotizada con una proyección casi triangular en la parte basal interior de la valva, aedeago más corto y más recto. Se provee una lista de las especies del género Andraca. Los especímenes tipo de la nueva especie estan depositados en SCAU (Universidad Agrícola del Sur de China en Guangzhou, China).

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Published

2012-09-01

Issue

Vol. 95, No. 3 (September 2012)

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Research Papers

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