Autosticha Auxodelta
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''Autosticha auxodelta'' is a
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 ...
in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
, India. The
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is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a large ochreous-yellow triangular blotch, edged anteriorly with ochreous whitish, extending on the costa from two-fifths to four-fifths, its apex touching the dorsum beyond the middle. The second discal stigma is blackish, resting on the posterior edge of this blotch. There is a terminal series of ochreous-whitish dots. The hindwings are grey.''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1 (19): 585.


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Moths described in 1916 Autosticha Moths of Asia {{autostichinae-stub