Autosticha tetrapeda

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

Autosticha tetrapeda is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern India.^[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. There are blackish dots on the base of the costa and dorsum. The stigmata are large and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal and a similar blackish spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal. There is an almost marginal row of blackish dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards the base.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha tetrapeda Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 458. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha tetrapeda Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

[2] Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 458. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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