Biology:Autosticha dayuensis

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Autosticha dayuensis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2003. It is found in Jiangxi, China.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q21260695 entry