Autosticha pyungyangenis

Autosticha pyungyangenis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2003. It is found in Korea, Taiwan and Jiangxi, China.

Autosticha pyungyangenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Autosticha
Species:
A. pyungyangenis
Binomial name
Autosticha pyungyangenis
Park & C. S. Wu, 2003
Synonyms
  • Autosticha pyunyangenis

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
  1. 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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