Andraca yauichui explained

Andraca yauichui is a moth of the Andraca genus of the Endromidae family that is endemic to Taiwan.

Taxonomy

Andraca yauichui was described as a new species in 2016, by Taiwanese lepidopterists Shipher Wu and Wei-Chun Chang.^[1] Its specific epithet is dedicated to Dr. Yau-I Chu, a renowned Taiwanese entomologist and Professor Emeritus of the Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University. The type specimen is housed at the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. It has been misidentified several times in the past^{[2] [3] [4]} as Andraca theae (Matsumura, 1909), a similar-looking species. However, the two can be reliably distinguished by observing their appearance and reproductive organs.

Distribution and occurrence

This species is distributed in the mountainous areas of Taiwan, at elevations ranging from above sea level.

Diet

According to the original literature, it is known that the larvae of this species feed on Eurya strigillosa.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Wu . Shipher . Chang . Wei-Chun . 2016 . Andraca yauichui sp. n., a new species endemic to mid elevation forests of Taiwan (Bombycidae sensu lato, Lepidoptera) . Zootaxa . 4200 . 4 . 515–522 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.4. 27988606 .
2. Book: Fu . Chien-Ming . Moths of Anmashan, Part 1 . Tzuoo . Han-Rong . Nature Research Society . 2002 . Taichung . 1-127, pls 1-36. 9789572827109.
3. Book: Chen, Mei-Yu . Facing moths in the stary night- handbook for moth observation in Mei-Feng . Meifeng Farm . 2011 . Nantou . 1–239.
4. Wang . Xing . Wang . Min . V. V. . Zolotuhin . Hirowatari . Toshiya . Wu . Shipher . Huang . Guo-Hua . 2015 . The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands . Zootaxa . 3989 . 1 . 1–138 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1. 26250216 . free .