Andraca trilochoides Moore, 1865

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45. Andraca trilochoides Moore, 1865 (FIGURES 24F, 25H)

Andraca trilochoides Moore, 1865 , Proc. Zool. Soc. London 33: 820. TL: [ India] “Darjeeling”.

Andraca trilochoides roepkei Bryk, 1944

Andraca roepkei Bryk, 1944 , Ark. Zool. 35A 8: 17, pl. 3, fig. 22 (not 21, as given in the text). TL: “N. E. Burma, Kambaiti, 2,000 m ”. Lectotype: male (NRMS) [examined].

Andraca henosa Chu & Wang, 1993 , Sinozoologia 10: 242, fig. 26, pl. 2, fig. 26. TL: “ China, Yunnan, Yongshan”. Holotype (by original designation): male (IZAS) [not examined].

Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865 ; Chu & Wang (1993); Wang et al. (2011).

Diagnosis. Characterized by the dark reddish-yellow wings with entire outer margins. It is somewhat similar to A. theae , but the outer edge of the forewing submarginal line is highlighted in white.

Specimens examined. [JIANGXI] Zixi County: 1 male, Jiangxi/Fujian border, Mts. Wuyishan, 1430 m, VIII. 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); [HUBEI] Huanggang City: 1 male, Mt. Tapieh-Shan (Dabie Shan), middle June to August 1999, J. Li leg. (MWM); [HAINAN] Wuzhishan City: 1 female, Mts. Wuzhi-Shan, 18˚53’N, 109˚43’E, 20.II–10.IV.2001, local collector leg. leg. (MWM); [SICHUAN] Mianning County: 62 males, Mts. Daxue-Shan, 80 km west of Mianning, 2750 m, 28˚34’N, 102˚00’E, 7–8.VII.1999, Siniaev & Plutenko leg. (MWM); 2 males, Mts. Qionglai-Shan, 1400 m, 31˚13’N, 102˚23’E, June 2006, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Dechang County: 27 males, Mt. Abulandan-Shan, 27˚25’N, 102˚06’E, July 2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Tengchong County (Mt. Gaoligongshan): 2 males, 15.VI.2005, Ming-Yi Tian leg. (SCAU); 1 male, 3000 m, June 1999, Wang & Li leg. (MWM); Gongshan County: 2 males, Dulongjiang Grand Canyon, 21.VII.2006, Min Wang & Xiao- Ling Fan leg. (SCAU); 1 male and 1 female, Mt. Gongshan, 22.VII.2006, Min Wang & Xiao-Ling Fan leg. (SCAU); Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture (Yunlong County, 13 km north of Caojian town, Mts. Fengshuining, 2460 m): 9 males, 10–23.VI.1999, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM); 17 males and 1 female, 20.V–9.VI.1999, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM); 48 males and 4 females, 25.VII–8.VIII.1999, R. Brechlin leg. (MWM); 5 males, Mt. Diancang Shan, 2200 m, 25˚41’N, 100˚05’E, 15–30.VII.2004, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Yuanyang County: 1 male, Mt. Baiyanzishan, 2900 m, May 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); Mojiang County: 6 males, Mt. Dajlanshan, 2500 m, July 2000, local collector leg. (MWM); Yunlong County: 1 male, Mt. Wubaoshan, 3500 m, May to June 2000, local collector leg. (MWM); Xinping County: 1 male, Mt. Daxueguoshan, Zhengyuan side, 3100 m, June 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); Huize County: 2 males, mt. Wumeng Shan, 2200 m, 20 km north of Baoshan village in Huidong County of Sichuan Province, 26˚28’N, 104˚27’E, 20.IV–5.V.2004, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM).

Bionomics. The larval hosts are the tea tree, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze., 1887, C. oleifera Abel., 1818 and C. japonica Linn., 1753 (Theaceae) . Adults appear in Vietnam from April to July and again in November, and in China from late April to August.

Distribution. Mainland China (Anhui, Jiangxi-Fujian border, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan) and Hainan, Myanmar, northern Vietnam, northern Thailand, Nepal, India.

Remarks. This species is widely distributed in the Sino-Himalayan region.

X VI. Pseudandraca Miyata, 1970 ( FIGURE 26 )

Pseudandraca Miyata, 1970 , Tinea 8: 190. Type species: Andraca gracilis Butler, 1885 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Characterized by the following features: wings dark gray with numerous yellow patches; antemedial, medial and postmedial lines sinuate; discal cell with a black spot; forewing apex acute; uncus finger-shaped, apically pointed; sacculus boot-shaped; saccus short.

Distribution. Japan, China, Vietnam.

Remarks. Two species are included in this genus, the type species endemic to Japan and a second distributed from Vietnam to eastern China (Map 16).

Map 16. Distribution of Pseudandraca flavamaculata (Yang, 1995) mainly in China.

Figures

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