''Auzata semipavonaria'' 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 Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in northern

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 38-51.2 mm for males and 45.2-51.4 mm for females. Adults are similar to ''

Auzata chinensis ''Auzata chinensis'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1898. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Hunan, Sichuan, Zhejiang and Shaanxi. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an air ...

'', but there are no black scales on the anterior part of the comma-shaped marking on the upperside of the forewings., 1959
"A revision of the genus ''Auzata'' Walker (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)"
''Bonner Zoologische Beiträge'' 9: 232-258.

References

Moths described in 1863 Drepaninae Moths of Asia {{Drepaninae-stub