''Autosticha acharacta'' is a

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in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in northwestern

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Description

The

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is 12–15 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous. The stigmata are small and dark fuscous, the plical is slightly before the first discal, a cloudy dot on the dorsum beneath the second discal. There is an almost marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen, in females less distinct. The hindwings are light greyish. Starr 030825 0031 autosticha pelodes

References

Moths described in 1918 Autosticha Moths of Asia {{Autostichinae-stub