耀沂茶樺蛾

耀沂茶樺蛾（學名：Andraca yauichui），為臺灣特有的樺蛾科茶樺蛾屬物種。

發現史编辑

由臺灣鱗翅學家吳士緯與張維君於2016年發表為新物種^[1]，種小名獻名給已故臺灣昆蟲學家朱耀沂，模式標本存放於林業試驗所。

本種在臺灣分佈於中海拔1,700至2,500公尺以上山區，過往曾數次^[2]^[3]^[4]誤鑑定為外觀近似種臺灣茶蠶蛾 Andraca theae (Matsumura, 1909)，然而據外觀與生殖器皆能穩定辨識兩物種。

據原始文獻，已知本種幼蟲取食粗毛柃木（Eurya strigillosa）^[1]。

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wu, Shipher; Chang, Wei-Chun. Andraca yauichui sp. n., a new species endemic to mid elevation forests of Taiwan (Bombycidae sensu lato, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa. 2016, 4200 (4): 515–522. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.4.
^ Fu, Chien-Ming; Tzuoo, Han-Rong. Moths of Anmashan, Part 1. Taichung: Nature Research Society. 2002: 1–127, pls 1–36.
^ Chen, Mei-Yu. Facing moths in the stary night- handbook for moth observation in Mei-Feng. Nantou: Meifeng Farm. 2011: 1–239.
^ Wang, Xing; Wang, Min; V. V., Zolotuhin; Hirowatari, Toshiya; Wu, Shipher; Huang, Guo-Hua. The fauna of the family Bombycidae sensu lato (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hainan Islands. Zootaxa. 2015, 3989 (1): 1-138. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3989.1.1.