Biology:Autosticha aspasta

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Autosticha aspasta is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are clear deep ochreous yellow with blackish dots on the base of the costa and dorsum. The stigmata are large and black, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is an almost marginal row of large black dots along the posterior third of the costa and termen to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13432248 entry