43. Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009 (FIGURES 24D, 25F)

Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna Suppl. 16: 262, pl. 2, fig. 14; color pl. 24, figs. 11, 12. TL: “ China, Prov. Guangdong, Mahn-tsi-shan”. Holotype: male (ZMHU) [examined].

Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865; Chu & Wang, 1993: 241, fig. 25, pl. 2, fig. 25; Chu & Wang, 1996: 55, fig. 39, pl. 3, fig. 7.

Diagnosis. This species is a small species characterized by a brownish-green coloration, the bluntly pointed forewing, and a bluntly triangular uncus bearing long hairs.

Specimens examined. [JIANGXI] Yingtan City: 1 female, paratype, Mts. Wuyishan, Jiangxi-Fujian border, 50 km southeast of Yingtan, 1600 m, 27˚55’N, 117˚25’E, May 2002, Siniaev & local collector leg. (MWM); [GUANGDONG] Ruyuan County (Nanling National NR): 2 males, 23.VI.2007, larvae collected in the field and reared to adults by Liu-Sheng Chen (SCAU); 2 males and 1 female, paratypes, R. Mell leg. (MWM); 1 male, paratype, 40 km west of Guangzhou, 80 m, 23–24.III.1999, G. Müller leg. (MWM); [HAINAN] Wuzhishan City (Mts. Heling, 1000–1800 m): 1 female, paratype, late February to early May 2000, J.L. Li leg. (MWM); 1 male, late February to early May 2000, J.L. Li leg. (MWM); [SICHUAN] Luding County: 1 female, Mts. Gongga-Shan, 2300 m, 29˚41’N, 101˚58’E, 15.IX–04.X.2005, Siniaev & his team leg. (MWM); Dujiangyan City: 1 male, Mts. Qingcheng, 70 km west of Chengdu, 1360 m, 26–30.VIII.2004, S. Murzin leg. (MWM).

Bionomics. Larvae feed on Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marshall, 1785 (Oleaceae), Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Ktze., 1887 and Camellia oleifera Abel.,1818 (both Theaceae), Ternstroemia japonica Thunb., 1794 and Pentaphylax euryoides Gardner & Champion, 1849 (both Pentaphylacaceae).

Distribution. Mainland China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan) and Hainan, northern Vietnam, northern Thailand, Myanmar.

Remarks. This species is restricted to the Indo-Burmese region.