Autosticha strenuella

Autosticha strenuella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Autostichidae
Genus:	Autosticha
Species:	A. strenuella
Binomial name
	Autosticha strenuella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia strenuella Walker, 1864;

Autosticha strenuella is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Adults are fawn colour, robust, cinereous (ash grey) beneath. The forewings are slightly acute, with four black points at the disk, two before the middle, the other two beyond the middle, the third and fourth behind the first and second. There are some black points along the apical part of the costa and along the exterior border, which is straight and moderately oblique. The hindwings are cinereous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Autosticha strenuella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 632 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Autosticha strenuella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 27, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 632 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.