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Auzata minuta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Drepanidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Auzata

Auzata minuta is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Leech in 1898. It is found in China (Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Chekiang, Shansi).

The wingspan is about 25 mm for males 28-30 mm for females. Adults are white, the forewings with a fuscous dot at the end of the cell and a fuscous grey line beyond. The latter is angulated below the costa and then curved to the inner margin. In the hollow of this curve is a fuscous patch, tinged with ochreous and intersected by the white veins, which are here dotted with black. The subterminal band is fuscous grey, interrupted towards the costa. The hindwings have a double central line and a submarginal band, both fuscous grey. There are two dark dots beyond the central line and towards the abdominal margin.

Subspecies

  • Auzata minuta minuta (China: Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan)
  • Auzata minuta spiculata Watson, 1959 (China: Chekiang, Shansi)
  • References

    Auzata minuta Wikipedia