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 ...
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 ...
belonging to the family
Autostichidae
Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea.
Subfamilies
* Autostichinae Le Marchand, 1947
* Deocloninae Hodges, 1998
* Glyphidocerinae Hodges, 1998
*Holcopogoninae
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The Holcopogoninae are a subfamily of m ...
.funet.fi /ref> This genus includes species such as ''Eremica saharae'', described by
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was an English politician and amateur entomologist.
Family business
Walsingham was the son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Augusta- ...
, in 1904, and Eremica molitor, described by Walsingham in 1905. These moths, like others in the Autostichidae family, are part of the diverse and ecologically significant order of
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...
, which encompasses a vast array of moth and butterfly species globally.