Auzata minuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Auzata
Species:
A. minuta
Binomial name
Auzata minuta
Leech, 1898

Auzata minuta is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898.[1] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Zhejiang and Shanxi.[2]

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.[3]

Subspecies

  • Auzata minuta minuta (China: Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan)
  • Auzata minuta spiculata Watson, 1959 (China: Zhejiang, Shanxi)

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Auzata minuta​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Auzata minuta Leech, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1898 (3): 362 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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