Autosticha taiwana

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

Autosticha taiwana is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Park and Wu in 2003.[1] It is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is 17-18 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-orange, speckled with dark fuscous scales, more densely beyond the middle. The costa is almost straight and the first stigma is found at the middle of the cell, the plical below the first and the third at the end of the cell. There are three to four marginal dots on the apical one-fourth of the costa and five to six dots along the termen. The hindwings are pale grey.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the type location.[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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