Autosticha emmetra

Autosticha emmetra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Autosticha
Species: A. emmetra
Binomial name
Autosticha emmetra
Meyrick, 1921

Autosticha emmetra is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light fuscous irrorated with rather dark fuscous and with a faint violet tinge. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal, a cloudy dark fuscous dot above the dorsum obliquely before the second discal. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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