''Autosticha tetrapeda'' is a

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in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in southern

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 ...

. The

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is about 13 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. There are blackish dots on the base of the costa and dorsum. The stigmata are large and blackish, the plical beneath the first discal and a similar blackish spot on the dorsum beneath the second discal. There is an almost marginal row of blackish dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, paler and thinly scaled towards the base.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 18 (2): 458.

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Moths described in 1908 Autosticha Moths of Asia {{Autostichinae-stub