Autosticha encycota

Autosticha encycota is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Chennai, India.[1]

Autosticha encycota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Autosticha
Species:
A. encycota
Binomial name
Autosticha encycota
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are fuscous irregularly mixed with whitish and blackish with a dark fuscous dot on the base of the costa edged with whitish beneath. The stigmata are large, cloudy, and blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal largest, the space between the discal and beyond the second more whitish without blackish mixture. There is an almost marginal series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are greyish.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha encycota Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (16): 506.


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