''Andraca nobilorum'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found in central

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

and south-eastern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

). The

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is 38–39 mm. The forewings are sandy yellow, with a wing pattern of lunate, transverse, black (with a dark grey apical spot) prominent submarginal spots and a large basal spot. The external area is darkened. The discal dot is small and dark grey and there is fine bluish suffusion around the dark pattern elements. The costal area of the hindwings is paler. Adults have been recorded on wing in April and June. 2012: Taxonomic remarks on ''Andraca'' Walker, 1865 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) with descriptions of five new species. ''

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Subspecies

*''Andraca nobilorum nobilorum'' (Vietnam) *''Andraca nobilorum houtuae'' Wang & Zolotuhin, 2012 (China: Guangxi)

References

Moths described in 2012 Andraca {{Bombycoidea-stub