Autosticha Meyrick, 1886

Wang, Yuqi & Wang, Shuxia, 2017, Genus Autosticha Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from Taiwan, China, Zoological Systematics 42 (4), pp. 508-513 : 508

Genus Autosticha Meyrick, 1886

Autosticha Meyrick, 1886: 281 . (objective replacement name for Automola Meyrick, 1883 , nom. Praeocc.). Type species: Automola pelodes Meyrick, 1883 , by monotypy.

Automola Meyrick, 1883: 31 . Type species: Automola pelodes Meyrick, 1883 , by monotypy.

Epicharma Walsingharm, 1897: 38 . Type species: Epicharma nothriforme Walsingham, 1897 , by original designation.

Epicoenia Meyrick, 1906: 140 . Type species: Epicoenia chernetis Meyrick, 1906 , by original designation.

Prosomura Turner, 1919: 147 . Type species: Prosomura symmetra Turner, 1919 , by monotypy.

Semnolocha Meyrick, 1936: 49 . Type species: Semnolocha pachysticta Meyrick, 1936 , by monotypy.

Cynicocrates Meyrick, 1935: 565 . Type species: Cynicocrates tachytoma Meyrick, 1935 , by monotypy. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis. Autosticha is characterized by the antenna without pecten, the forewing usually with fuscous to black discal, discocellular, plical and tornal spots, and a row of terminal dark dots that usually range from distal part of costal margin along termen to tornus; in the male genitalia often by having a short tongue-shaped or spatulate gnathos with narrow lateral bands; and in the female genitalia by the elongate or plate-like signum often with a pair of thorn-like processes.

Remarks. Cynicocrates was erected by Meyrick (1935), with the monotypic species C. tachytoma Meyrick, 1935 , based on a female specimen from Taiwan. It was originally placed in the family Gelechiidae , transferred to Timyridae (now Lecithoceridae ) by Clarke (1955), and to Xyloryctidae by Gozmány (1978). We herein treat it as the synonym of Autosticha , based on the forewing with discal, discocellular and plical spots, R 4 and R 5 coincident, CuA 1 and CuA 2 separate, the hindwing with Rs and M 1 stalked basally, M 3 and CuA 1 stalked basally, and the narrow digitate gnathos with long narrowly banded lateral arms in the male genitalia.