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

Last updated August 22, 2022

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) 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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References

↑ Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 93 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 93 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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