Auzata minuta

Auzata minuta
Scientific 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.