Autosticha silacea

Autosticha silacea is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1962. It is found on the New Hebrides.[1]

Autosticha silacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Autosticha
Species:
A. silacea
Binomial name
Autosticha silacea
Bradley, 1962

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are warm buff, the whole wing is diffusely irrorated (sprinkled) with dark brown and fuscous scales with a weak purplish sheen. The stigmata are weak and obscure, the plical slightly basad of the discal, the second discal hardly discernible at the end of the cell in the middle. The hindwings are uniform whitish cream buff.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Autosticha Meyrick, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 12 (5): 258


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