Auzata chinensis

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

Auzata chinensis 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 Hunan, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Shaanxi.[2]

The wingspan is about 38 mm for males 48 mm for females. Adults are similar to Auzata superba, but all the wings have a double antemedial pale fuscous line and an interrupted submarginal band of the same colour. The hindwings have a patch as on the forewings. The fringes of all wings are pale fuscous, interrupted with white at the ends of the nervules.[3]

Subspecies

• Auzata chinensis chinensis (China: Hunan, Sichuan)
• Auzata chinensis prolixa Watson, 1959 (China: Zhejiang)
• Auzata chinensis arcuata Watson, 1959 (China: southern Shaanxi, Sichuan)

References

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