Autochthonus Singulus
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''Autochthonus'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s belonging to the
family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Tineidae.afromoths
/ref> The genus was described in 1891 by Lord Walsingham.


Species

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Autochthonus chalybiellus ''Autochthonus'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The famil ...
'' Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia/Tanzania) *'' Autochthonus singulus'' Huang , Hirowatari & Wang, 2009 (from China)


References

*Huang, G.H.; T. Hirowatari & M. Wang, 2009: Siloscinae Gozmány (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea) from China with description of a new species. ''Transactions of the American Entomological Society'' 135 (3): 389–394. DOI: 10.3157/061.135.0306.
Walsingham, Thomas de Grey 1891a. African Micro-Lepidoptera. - ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' 1891(1):63–132, pls. 3–7
Siloscinae Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham Moth genera {{Tineidae-stub