Autosticha phaulodes is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Autosticha phaulodes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Autosticha |
| Species: | A. phaulodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Autosticha phaulodes Meyrick, 1908
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The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The forewings are brownish-ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and dark fuscous. The stigmata are moderate or large and dark fuscous, the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is a small pre-tornal spot of dark fuscous suffusion and an almost marginal series of dark fuscous dots along the posterior portion of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha phaulodes Meyrick, 1908". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (2): 459.
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