The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands
Wang, Xing
Wang, Min
Zolotuhin, Vadim V.
Hirowatari, Toshiya
Wu, Shipher
Huang, Guo-Hua
Zootaxa
2015
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Swinhoe, 1907
Swinhoe
1907
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Insecta
Bombycidae
Andraca
Animalia
Lepidoptera
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66
Arthropoda
species
apodecta
Andraca apodectaSwinhoe, 1907, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.19 (7): 49. TL: “Padang, W. Sumatra”. Lectotype: male (BMNH) [examined] Andraca apodectaSwinhoe: Holloway, 1976, Malayan Nature Socity: 85; Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009, Entomofauna(Suppl. 16): 261.
Diagnosis.The species is characterized by yellowish-brown wings with pale red ochre and a darker obscure lines and fasciae, and the valva strongly constricted in the apical half. Specimens examined.[JIANGXI] Qianshan County: 1 female, Jiangxi/Fujian border, Mt. Wuyishan, Zixi town, 1430 m, August 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); [GUANGXI] Longlin County: 2 malesand 1 female, Mt. Jinzhongshan, 31.VII.2007, Liu-Sheng Chen leg. (SCAU); [SHAANXI] Shangnan County: 1 male, Yuhuangding, 1500 m, August 2000, native collector leg. (MWM); [YUNNAN] Yao’an County: 1 male, Mt. Sanfengshan, 2200 m, July 2000, native collector leg. (MWM). Bionomics. Camelliaspp. and Camellia sinensis(L.) O. Ktze., 1887= Thea sinensisLinn., 1753have been listed as larval host plants (Roepke, 1924; Owada et al., 2002).
Distribution.Mainland China(Jiangxi-Fujian border, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan), Philippines, Indonesia(Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi), Vietnam, Laos, Thailand.
Remarks.The species has only a single generation per year in many areas, but can be found throughout the year on the tropical islands.