Autosticha flavescens

Autosticha flavescens is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Autosticha flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Autosticha
Species:
A. flavescens
Binomial name
Autosticha flavescens
Meyrick, 1916

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are light ochreous yellowish, irregularly clouded with coarse blackish irroration (sprinkles) and with a strong blackish dot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are represented by round cloudy blackish spots, the plical beneath the first discal. There is an irregular grey patch irrorated with black occupying the apical area except the margins and there is an almost marginal series of small cloudy blackish spots around the posterior half of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha flavescens Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 587.


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