Autosticha dayuensis

Autosticha dayuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Autosticha
Species: A. dayuensis
Binomial name
Autosticha dayuensis
Park & Wu, 2003

Autosticha dayuensis is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Park and Wu in 2003. It is found in China (Jiangxi).

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are pale orange, scattered irregularly with blackish scales. There are three well-developed discal stigmata, the first at the middle, the plical below it, the second beyond the cell. There is a series of fuscous dots from the middle of the costa along the termen and the tornus is suffused with fuscous scales. The hindwings are grey.[1]

References

  1. Park, K.T. & C.S. Wu 2003: A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in Eastern Asia. Insecta Koreana 20 (2): 195-225. Full article:
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