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Autochthonus

Autochthonus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described in 1891 by Lord Walsingham.

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Autochthonus
Autochthonus chalybiellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Siloscinae
Genus: Autochthonus
Walsingham, 1891
Type species
Autochthonus chalybiellus
Walsingham, 1891

Autochthonus is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.1 The genus was described in 1891 by Lord Walsingham.

Species

  • Autochthonus chalybiellus Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia/Tanzania)
  • Autochthonus singulus Huang, Hirowatari & Wang, 2009 (from China)
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