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''Autochthonus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s belonging to the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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 family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
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/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