Autosticha
Autosticha is a genus of gelechioid moths. It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae, which is either placed in the concealer moth family, or in an expanded Autostichidae. It is the type genus of its subfamily. Originally, this genus was named Automola, but this name properly refers to a fly genus in family Richardiidae.
Typically, these moths have the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk. The labial palps 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, some species included in Autosticha have been historically assigned to entirely different Gelechioidea lineages, such as the long-horned moths or the Xyloryctidae.
Species
Species of Autosticha are:Autosticha academica Meyrick, 1922Autosticha acharacta Meyrick, 1918Autosticha affixella Autosticha ansata Meyrick, 1931Autosticha aspasta Meyrick, 1908Autosticha arcivalvaris S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha aureolata Meyrick, 1908Autosticha authaema Autosticha auxodelta Meyrick, 1916Autosticha bacilliformis S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha banauscopa Autosticha bilobella Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha binaria Meyrick, 1908Autosticha calceata Meyrick, 1908Autosticha chernetis Autosticha chishuiensis S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha chlorodelta Autosticha cipingensis S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha complexivalvula S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha conciliata Meyrick, 1918Autosticha conjugipunctata S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha consimilis Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha crocothicta Meyrick, 1916Autosticha cuspidata Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha dayuensis Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha deductella Autosticha demetrias Meyrick, 1908Autosticha demias Meyrick, 1886Autosticha demotica Meyrick, 1908Autosticha dianeura Meyrick, 1939Autosticha dimochla Meyrick, 1935Autosticha emmetra Meyrick, 1921Autosticha encycota Meyrick, 1922Autosticha enervata Meyrick, 1929Autosticha euryterma Meyrick, 1920Autosticha exemplaris Meyrick, 1916Autosticha fallaciosa S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha flavescens Meyrick, 1916Autosticha flavida S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha guangdongensis Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha guttulata Meyrick, 1925Autosticha hainanica Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha heteromalla S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha imitativa Ueda, 1997Autosticha iterata Meyrick, 1916Autosticha kyotensis Autosticha latiuncusa Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha leucoptera J. F. G. Clarke, 1986Autosticha leukosa Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha lushanensis Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha maculosa S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha menglunica S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha merista Clarke, 1971Autosticha microphilodema S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha mingchrica Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha mirabilis S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha modicella Autosticha nanchangensis S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha naulychna Meyrick, 1908Autosticha nothriforme Autosticha nothropis Meyrick, 1921Autosticha oxyacantha S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha pachysticta Autosticha pelaea Meyrick, 1908Autosticha pelodes - autosticha gelechid mothAutosticha pentagona Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha perixantha Meyrick, 1914Autosticha petrotoma Meyrick, 1916Autosticha phaulodes Meyrick, 1908Autosticha protypa Meyrick, 1908Autosticha pyungyangenis Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha rectipunctata S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha relaxata Meyrick, 1916Autosticha shenae S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha shexianica S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha siccivora Meyrick, 1935Autosticha sichunica Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha silacea Bradley, 1962Autosticha sinica Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha solita Meyrick, 1923Autosticha solomonensis Bradley, 1957Autosticha spilochorda Meyrick, 1916Autosticha squarrosa S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha stagmatopis Meyrick, 1923Autosticha strenuella Autosticha suwonensis Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha symmetra Autosticha taiwana Park & Wu, 2003Autosticha tetrapeda Meyrick, 1908Autosticha tetragonopa Autosticha thermopis Meyrick, 1923Autosticha tianmushana S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha triangulimaculella Autosticha truncicola Ueda, 1997Autosticha valvidentata S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha valvifida S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha vicularis Meyrick, 1911Autosticha wufengensis S.X.Wang, 2004Autosticha xanthographa Meyrick, 1916Some of these might belong in other genera of Autostichinae, such as the supposedly monotypic Stoeberhinus.