Autosticha
| Autosticha | |
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| Autosticha Gelechid Moth (Autosticha pelodes) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Oecophoridae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Autostichinae |
| Genus: | Autosticha Meyrick, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Automola pelodes Meyrick, 1883 | |
| Species | |
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Numerous, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Autosticha is a genus of gelechioid moths. It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae, which is either placed in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), or in an expanded Symmocidae alternately known as Autostichidae. It is the type genus of its subfamily (and the Autostichidae, if these are considered valid). Originally, this genus was named Automola, but this name properly refers to a fly genus in family Richardiidae.[1]
Typically, these moths have the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk. The labial palps are characteristically tapering from the second segment onwards and end in a pointed tip.[2]
Several originally independent genera are now included here, and while most of them are probably not even valid as subgenera, some species included in Autosticha have been historically assigned to entirely different Gelechioidea lineages, such as the long-horned moths (Lecithoceridae) or the Xyloryctidae.[3]
Selected species
Species of Autosticha include:[4]
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Some of these might belong in other genera of Autostichinae, such as the supposedly monotypic Stoeberhinus.
Footnotes
References
Data related to Autosticha at Wikispecies
- Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Autosticha. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2011-OCT-17.
- Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004a): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Autosticha. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-OCT-17.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004b): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Semnolocha. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-OCT-17.