Autosticha pyungyangenis
| Autosticha pyungyangenis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Autosticha |
| Species: | A. pyungyangenis |
| Binomial name | |
| Autosticha pyungyangenis Park & Wu, 2003 | |
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Autosticha pyungyangenis is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Park and Wu in 2003. It is found in Korea, China (Jiangxi) and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-orange sparsely speckled with brownish. The costa is fuscous at the extreme base and there is a large fuscous dot subbasally on the inner margin. The discal stigmata are dark brown, the first near the middle of the cell, the plical below it and the second at the end of the cell. There are four dark brown dots along the posterior half of the costa and another four along the termen. There are some fuscous scales, speckled along the inner margin. The hindwings are greyish yellow.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the type location.[1]
References
- ↑ Park, K.T. & C.S. Wu 2003: A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in Eastern Asia. Insecta Koreana 20 (2): 195-225. Full article:
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