Pseudandraca is a monotypic moth genus of the family Endromidae erected by Tamotsu Miyata in 1970. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Prismostictinae of the family Bombycidae.[1] Its only species, Pseudandraca gracilis, was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885.[2] It is found in Japan.
Pseudandraca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Endromidae |
Genus: | Pseudandraca |
Species: | Pseudandraca
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Binomial name | |
Pseudandraca Miyata, 1970
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Synonyms | |
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Former species
edit- Pseudandraca flavamaculata (J.K. Yang, 1995)
References
edit- ^ Zwick, Andreas; Regier, Jerome C.; Mitter, Charles; Cummings, Michael P. (September 30, 2010). "Increased gene sampling yields robust support for higher-level clades within Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 36: 31–43. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00543.x. S2CID 86331826.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pseudandraca gracilis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.