Andraca

Andraca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Endromidae
Genus:	Andraca Walker, 1865
Type species
Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865
Synonyms
Pseudoeupterote Shiraki, 1911

Andraca is a genus of moths of the family Endromidae.

The genus had been placed in the family Bombycidae for over 150 years, but was recently transferred to family Endromidae based on the molecular study of Zwick et al. in 2011.^[1][2]

Species

• Subgenus Andraca
  • Andraca bipunctata Walker, 1865
  • Andraca draco Zolotuhin, 2012
  • Andraca lawa Zolotuhin, 2012
  • Andraca stueningi Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009
  • Andraca trilochoides Moore, 1865
    • Andraca trilochoides roepkei Bryk, 1944
    • Andraca trilochoides trilochoides Moore, 1865
• Subgenus Crypathemola Zolotuhin, 2012
  • Andraca apodecta Swinhoe, 1907
  • Andraca chrysocollis Zolotuhin, 2012
  • Andraca melli Zolotuhin & Witt, 2009
  • Andraca nobilorum Zolotuhin, 2012
  • Andraca olivacea Matsumura, 1927
    • Andraca olivacea olivacea Matsumura, 1927
    • Andraca olivacea olivacens Mell, 1958
  • Andraca paradisea Zolotuhin, 2012
  • Andraca theae Matsumura, 1909
• Subgenus unknown
  • Andraca flavamaculata (Yang, 1995)
  • Andraca gongshanensis Wang, Zeng & Wang, 2011

Former species

• Andraca angulata Kishida, 1993

References

1. Zwick, A.; Regier, J. C.; Mitter, C.; Cummings, M. P. (2011). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x.
2. Wang, X.; Zeng, L.; Wang, M. (2011). "The genus Andraca (Lepidoptera, Endromidae) in China with descriptions of a new species". ZooKeys. 127 (127): 29–42. doi:10.3897/zookeys.127.928. PMC 3175129. PMID 21998546.