''Andesiana similis'' is a

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of the Andesianidae family. It is known from

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(

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). The length of the forewings is 17.4–18.2 mm for males and about 21 mm for females. Adults fly from late October to mid-December in '' Nothofagus dombeyi'' forests with an understory of ''

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''. They occur at altitudes between 640 and 950 meters.

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Andesianidae, a new family of monotrysian moths (LepidopteraiAndesianoidea) from austral South America
Andesianidae Andesianidae of South America Fauna of the Andes Moths of South America Moths described in 1989 {{moth-stub