''Autosticha'' 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 ...

of gelechioid moths. 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 botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

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

, 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 ) 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 ...

(Oecophoridae), or in an expanded

Autostichidae Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea. Subfamilies * Autostichinae Le Marchand, 1947 * Deocloninae Hodges, 1998 * Glyphidocerinae Hodges, 1998 *Holcopogoninae __NOTOC__ The Holcopogoninae are a subfamily of m ...

. It is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus (''genus typica'') 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-bearin ...

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

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

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 ( 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 the ge ...

, 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 Taxonomic rank, superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. ...

lineages, such as the

long-horned moth The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...

s (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 wing ...

Species

Species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of ''Autosticha'' are:Clarke (1986), ABRS (2008), Wikispecies (2011-APR-29) * '' Autosticha academica'' Meyrick, 1922 * ''

Autosticha acharacta ''Autosticha acharacta'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in northwestern India. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance ...

'' Meyrick, 1918 * ''

Autosticha affixella ''Autosticha affixella'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, ...

'' (Walker, 1864) * ''

Autosticha ansata ''Autosticha ansata'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 * ''

Autosticha aspasta ''Autosticha aspasta'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the op ...

'' Meyrick, 1908 * ''

Autosticha arcivalvaris ''Autosticha arcivalvaris'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by S.X. Wang in 2004. It is found in China (Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divis ...

'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * ''

Autosticha aureolata ''Autosticha aureolata'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...

'' Meyrick, 1908 * ''

Autosticha authaema ''Autosticha authaema'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the o ...

'' (Meyrick, 1906) * ''

Autosticha auxodelta ''Autosticha auxodelta'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in Assam, India. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to t ...

'' Meyrick, 1916 * ''

Autosticha bacilliformis ''Autosticha bacilliformis'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by S.X. Wang in 2004. It is found in China (Guizhou ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_map = Guizhou in China (+all claims h ...

'' S.X.Wang, 2004 * ''

Autosticha banauscopa ''Autosticha banauscopa'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found on the islands of Vanuatu. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one w ...

'' (Meyrick, 1929) * ''

Autosticha bilobella ''Autosticha bilobella'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2003. It is found in Guangdong, China. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance f ...

'' 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 ''Autosticha'' is a genus of gelechioid moths. It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae, which is either placed in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), or in an expanded Autostichidae. It is the type genus of its subfamily (and the Autosti ...

'' 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 ''Autosticha pentagona'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park and Chun-Sheng Wu in 2003. It is found in Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang P ...

'' 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 ''Autosticha siccivora'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found on Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Jav ...

'' Meyrick, 1935 * '' Autosticha sichunica'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha silacea'' Bradley, 1962 * '' Autosticha sinica'' Park & Wu, 2003 * '' Autosticha solita'' Meyrick, 1923 * ''

Autosticha solomonensis ''Autosticha solomonensis'' is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by John David Bradley in 1957. It is found on Rennell Island Rennell Island, locally known as Mugaba, is the main island of two inhabited islands that make u ...

'' 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 "unisp ...

'' Stoeberhinus''.

Former species

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

Footnotes

References

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"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