Autosticha academica

Autosticha academica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Autosticha
Species:
A. academica
Binomial name
Autosticha academica
Meyrick, 1922

Autosticha academica is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found on Java in Indonesia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous and with small suffused dark fuscous spots on the costa at the base, one-fourth, the middle, and three-fourths. The stigmata are large and blackish, the plical rather obliquely beyond the first discal. There is an angulated series of blackish dots near and parallel to the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha academica Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1922). "New Micro-Lepidoptera". Zoologische Mededeelingen. 7: 87. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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