''Autosticha'' 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 ...

gelechioid moth __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the Taxonomic rank, superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. ...

s. It belongs to the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Autostichinae __NOTOC__ The Autostichinae are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. The present lineage was often included in the concealer moth family (O ...

, which is either placed in the

concealer moth Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this. ...

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 ...

(Oecophoridae), or in an expanded

Autostichidae Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, es ...

. It is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal f ...

of its subfamily (and the Autostichidae). Originally, this genus was named ''Automola'', but this name properly refers to a fly genus in family

Richardiidae The Richardiidae are a family (biology), family of Fly, Diptera in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Tephritoidea. This small family consists of just over 30 genera and 175 species. Almost all species are neotropical. Generally, the biology of th ...

. Typically, these moths have the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk. The

labial The term ''labial'' originates from '' Labium'' (Latin for "lip"), and is the adjective that describes anything of or related to lips, such as lip-like structures. Thus, it may refer to: * the lips ** In linguistics, a labial consonant ** In zoolog ...

palp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") ...

s are characteristically tapering from the second segment onwards and end in a pointed tip. Several originally independent genera are now included here, and while most of them are probably not even valid as

subgenera In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...

, some species included in ''Autosticha'' have been historically assigned to entirely different

Gelechioidea __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. It is a large a ...

lineages, such as the long-horned moths (Lecithoceridae) or the

Xyloryctidae Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a win ...

Species

Species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of ''Autosticha'' are:Clarke (1986), ABRS (2008), Wikispecies (2011-APR-29) * '' Autosticha academica'' Meyrick, 1922 * '' Autosticha acharacta'' Meyrick, 1918 * '' Autosticha affixella'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Autosticha ansata'' Meyrick, 1931 * '' Autosticha aspasta'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha arcivalvaris'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha aureolata'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha authaema'' (Meyrick, 1906) * '' Autosticha auxodelta'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha bacilliformis'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha banauscopa'' (Meyrick, 1929) * '' Autosticha bilobella'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha binaria'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha calceata'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha chernetis'' (Meyrick, 1906) * '' Autosticha chishuiensis'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha chlorodelta'' (Meyrick, 1906) * '' Autosticha cipingensis'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha complexivalvula'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha conciliata'' Meyrick, 1918 * '' Autosticha conjugipunctata'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha consimilis'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha crocothicta'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha cuspidata'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha dayuensis'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha deductella'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Autosticha demetrias'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha demias'' Meyrick, 1886 * '' Autosticha demotica'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha dianeura'' Meyrick, 1939 * '' Autosticha dimochla'' Meyrick, 1935 * '' Autosticha emmetra'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Autosticha encycota'' Meyrick, 1922 * '' Autosticha enervata'' Meyrick, 1929 * '' Autosticha euryterma'' Meyrick, 1920 * '' Autosticha exemplaris'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha fallaciosa'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha flavescens'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha flavida'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha guangdongensis'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha guttulata'' Meyrick, 1925 * '' Autosticha hainanica'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha heteromalla'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha imitativa'' Ueda, 1997 * '' Autosticha iterata'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha kyotensis'' (Matsumura, 1931) * '' Autosticha latiuncusa'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha leucoptera'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1986 * '' Autosticha leukosa'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha lushanensis'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha maculosa'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha menglunica'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha merista'' Clarke, 1971 * '' Autosticha microphilodema'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha mingchrica'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha mirabilis'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha modicella'' (Christoph, 1882) * '' Autosticha nanchangensis'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha naulychna'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha nothriforme'' (Walsingham, 1897) * '' Autosticha nothropis'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Autosticha oxyacantha'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha pachysticta'' (Meyrick, 1936) * '' Autosticha pelaea'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha pelodes'' (Meyrick, 1883) – autosticha gelechid moth * '' Autosticha pentagona'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha perixantha'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Autosticha petrotoma'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha phaulodes'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha protypa'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha pyungyangenis'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha rectipunctata'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha relaxata'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha shenae'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha shexianica'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha siccivora'' Meyrick, 1935 * '' Autosticha sichunica'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha silacea'' Bradley, 1962 * '' Autosticha sinica'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha solita'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Autosticha solomonensis'' Bradley, 1957 * '' Autosticha spilochorda'' Meyrick, 1916 * '' Autosticha squarrosa'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha stagmatopis'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Autosticha strenuella'' (Walker, 1864) * '' Autosticha suwonensis'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha symmetra'' (Turner, 1919) * '' Autosticha taiwana'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha tetrapeda'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Autosticha tetragonopa'' (Meyrick, 1935) * '' Autosticha thermopis'' Meyrick, 1923 * '' Autosticha tianmushana'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha triangulimaculella'' (Caradja, 1928) * '' Autosticha truncicola'' Ueda, 1997 * '' Autosticha valvidentata'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha valvifida'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha vicularis'' Meyrick, 1911 * '' Autosticha wufengensis'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * '' Autosticha xanthographa'' Meyrick, 1916 Some of these might belong in other genera of

, such as the supposedly

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

'' Stoeberhinus''.

Former species

* '' Autosticha opaca'' (Meyrick, 1931) * '' Autosticha philodema'' (Meyrick, 1938)

Footnotes

References

Australian Biological Resources Study Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) is a project undertaken by Parks Australia Division of Australia's Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA). Background ABRS was founded in 1973 from the recommendations ...

(2008). Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
"''Autosticha''"
Version of 9 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2011. * Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986)
"Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago"
''Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology'' 416: 1–485. * * * * Park, K. T. & Wu, C. S. (2003). "A revision of the genus ''Autosticha'' Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in eastern Asia". ''Insecta Koreana''. 20 (2): 195–225. * Ueda, T. (1997)
"A Revision of the Genus ''Autosticha'' Meyrick from Japan (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae)"
''Japanese Journal of Entomology''. 65 (1): 108–126. * Wang, S.-X. (2004). "A systematic study of ''Autosticha'' Meyrick from China, with descriptions of Twenty-Three new species (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae)". ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica''. 29 (1): 38–62. {{Taxonbar , from=Q4827003 Autostichinae Moth genera