''Andraca'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the family

Endromidae Endromidae is a family of moths. It was long considered to be a monotypic family, containing just one species, the Kentish glory, '' Endromis versicolora'', found throughout the Palaearctic regio The family now consists of several genera and abou ...

. The genus had been placed in the family

Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is ''Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia. Taxonomy Th ...

for over 150 years, but was recently transferred to family

based on the molecular study of Zwick et al. in 2011.

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

Macrolepidoptera genera {{Bombycoidea-stub