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Species Autosticha kyotensis - Kyoto Moth - Hodges#1010.1

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Autostichidae
Subfamily Autostichinae
Genus Autosticha
Species kyotensis (Kyoto Moth - Hodges#1010.1 )
Hodges Number
1010.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Autosticha kyotensis (Matsumura, 1931)(1).
Depressaria kyotensis Matsumura, 1931
Brachmia deodora Clarke, 1962
Brachmia kyotensis Moriuti, 1982
* phylogenetic sequence #420001
Size
Forewing length: 6.1-8.3 mm(1)
Identification
See Ueda (1997). (1)
Determined by dissection.
Range
Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart
Remarks
Introduced from Japan.
See Also
See comment by Terry Harrison here.
Psilocorsis spp.
Glyphidocera spp.
Pseuderotis obiterella (1009)

Antaeotricha unipunctella (1013)
Print References
This species is discussed, and the moth and male and female genitalia illustrated, in Ueda 1997(1).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
BAMONA
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick from Japan (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae).
Ueda, T. 1997. Japanese Journal of Entomology 65(1): 108-126.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 2 September, 2012 - 7:05pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Terry Harrison, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 16 May, 2017 - 4:43am

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