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Autosticha phaulodes

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Species of moth

Autosticha phaulodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Autosticha
Species: A. phaulodes
Binomial name
Autosticha phaulodes
Meyrick, 1908

Autosticha phaulodes is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and dark fuscous. The stigmata are moderate or large and dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a small pre-tornal spot of dark fuscous suffusion and an almost marginal series of dark fuscous dots along the posterior portion of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha phaulodes Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 459. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Autosticha phaulodes


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