Andraca paradisea

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

Andraca paradisea is a moth of the family Endromidae. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).

The wingspan is 34–41 mm for males and 46–48 mm for females. Both the fore- and hindwings have a chestnut ground colour, with darker triangular shadows in the external fields of the forewings. There are dark brown wavy transversal fasciae and the discal spot is very small, point-like and blackish. The hindwings have lighter basal and medial areas. Adults are on wing from July to mid-January, probably in two generations per year.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Zolotuhin, V.V. 2012: Taxonomic remarks on Andraca Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) with descriptions of five new species. ISSN 1175-5326 Zootaxa, 3262: 22–34. Preview.

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

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