Andraca nobilorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Endromidae
Genus: Andraca
Species:
A. nobilorum
Binomial name
Andraca nobilorum
Zolotuhin, 2012

Andraca nobilorum is a moth of the family Endromidae. It is found in central Vietnam and south-eastern China (Guangxi).

The wingspan is 38โ€“39 mm. The forewings are sandy yellow, with a wing pattern of lunate, transverse, black (with a dark grey apical spot) prominent submarginal spots and a large basal spot. The external area is darkened. The discal dot is small and dark grey and there is fine bluish suffusion around the dark pattern elements. The costal area of the hindwings is paler. Adults have been recorded on wing in April and June.[1]

Subspecies

  • Andraca nobilorum nobilorum (Vietnam)
  • Andraca nobilorum houtuae Wang & Zolotuhin, 2012 (China: Guangxi)

References

  1. โ†‘ Zolotuhin, V.V. 2012: Taxonomic remarks on Andraca Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) with descriptions of five new species. ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa, 3262: 22โ€“34. Preview.


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