Autochthonus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] The genus was described in 1891 by Lord Walsingham.
| Autochthonus | |
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| Autochthonus chalybiellus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Siloscinae |
| Genus: | Autochthonus Walsingham, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Autochthonus chalybiellus Walsingham, 1891
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Species
edit- Autochthonus chalybiellus Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia/Tanzania)
- Autochthonus singulus Huang , Hirowatari & Wang, 2009 (from China)
References
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- Huang, G.H.; T. Hirowatari & M. Wang, 2009: Siloscinae Gozmány (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from China with description of a new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 135 (3): 389–394. DOI: 10.3157/061.135.0306.
- Walsingham, Thomas de Grey 1891a. African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891(1):63–132, pls. 3–7
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