Typically, these moths have the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk. The
labialpalps are characteristically tapering from the second segment onwards and end in a pointed tip.[2]
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 (Lecithoceridae) or the
Xyloryctidae.[3]
Park, K. T. & Wu, C. S. (2003). "A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in eastern Asia". Insecta Koreana. 20 (2): 195–225.
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.
Typically, these moths have the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk. The
labialpalps are characteristically tapering from the second segment onwards and end in a pointed tip.[2]
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 (Lecithoceridae) or the
Xyloryctidae.[3]
Park, K. T. & Wu, C. S. (2003). "A revision of the genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in eastern Asia". Insecta Koreana. 20 (2): 195–225.
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.