Autosticha pentagona
Autosticha pentagona is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2003.[1] It is found in Guangdong, China.
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| Autosticha pentagona Park & C. S. Wu, 2003 | |
The wingspan is 11.5–12 mm. The forewings are pale greyish orange, sparsely scattered with fuscous scales, more below the costa. There are three to four dark streaks at the subbasal area and the costa is almost straight and brownish orange. The first discal stigma is found at the middle, the plical below the first and the second at the end of the cell. There is a series of brownish-fuscous dots along the pre-apical part of the costa and termen. The tornus is suffused with brownish scales. The hindwings are pale orange grey.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the shape of the uncus.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha pentagona Park & Wu, 2003". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- Park, K. T. & Wu, C. S. (2003). "A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in Eastern Asia". Insecta Koreana. 20 (2): 195-225.
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