''Macrocilix nongloba'' 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 the Chinese provinces of

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 ...

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

and

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

. The length of the forewings is 13–18 mm. Adults are externally similar to '' Macrocilix orbifera''., 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 {{Drepaninae-stub