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Autosticha encycota

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Autosticha encycota is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in India (Madras). The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are fuscous irregularly mixed whitish and blackish with a dark fuscous dot on the base of the costa edged whitish beneath. The stigmata are large, cloudy, blackish, the plical slightly before the first discal, the second discal largest, the space between the discal and beyond the second more whitish without blackish mixture. There is an almost marginal series of blackish dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are greyish.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0