Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Autostichidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Autosticha | |
Autosticha lushanensis is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Park and Wu in 2003. It is found in China (Jiangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Zhejiang) and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are brownish-fuscous, densely covered with dark brown scales. There is a short dark streak at the subbase centrally and the costa is fuscous at the extreme base, almost straight and brownish orange. The first discal stigma is found at the middle, the plical obliquely below the first, and the second at the end of the cell. There is a series of brownish fuscous dots along the posterior half of the costa and termen and the tornus is suffused with brownish scales. The hindwings are grey.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the type location.