Autosticha petrotoma

Autosticha petrotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Autostichidae
Genus:	Autosticha
Species:	A. petrotoma
Binomial name
Autosticha petrotoma Meyrick, 1916

Autosticha petrotoma is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Sri Lanka. ^[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are grey whitish speckled with black and with a black dot on the base of the costa, and a subcostal one close beyond it. There are small black spots on the costa at one-fifth and before and beyond the middle. The stigmata are black, the plical and first discal small, the plical rather obliquely posterior, the second discal larger, confluent with a blackish spot lying above and beyond it. There are three black dots on the costa posteriorly, from the first of which a curved series of black dots runs to the tornus, closely adjacent to the termen on the lower half. There are also some undefined small black dots on the termen. The hindwings are light grey. ^[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku (December 30, 2018). "Autosticha petrotoma Meyrick, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (19): 587. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .