Autosticha bilobella

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

Autosticha bilobella is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Park and Wu in 2003.[1] It is found in China (Guangdong).

The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are brownish-orange with blackish scales, sparsely scattered irregularly. There is a blackish spot at the extreme base on the costa and another on the inner margin. The costa is almost fuscous before the middle. The discal stigmata are relatively large, the first at the middle, the plical elongate, placed obliquely below the first and second at the end of the cell. There are three to four fuscous dots along the pre-apical part of the costa and four or five along the termen. The tornus is suffused with fuscous scales. The hindwings are pale grey.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the shape of the aedeagus, which is forked into two branches.[2]

References

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  2. 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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