Auzata Semilucida
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''Auzata semilucida'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a super ...
. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988. It is found in
Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
, China. The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm. Adults have a large translucent patch on the hindwings., 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genera ''Auzata'' Walker, 1862 and ''Macrocilix'' Butler, 1886. ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 31 (4): 414-422.


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Moths described in 1988 Drepaninae Moths of Asia {{Drepaninae-stub