Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Autostichidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Autosticha | |
Autosticha taiwana is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Park and Wu in 2003. It is found in Taiwan.
The wingspan is 17-18 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-orange, speckled with dark fuscous scales, more densely beyond the middle. The costa is almost straight and the first stigma is found at the middle of the cell, the plical below the first and the third at the end of the cell. There are three to four marginal dots on the apical one-fourth of the costa and five to six dots along the termen. The hindwings are pale grey.
Etymology
The species name is derived from the type location.
References
Autosticha taiwana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA