Lepidoptera28 species

Family Concealer Moths (Autostichidae)

Autostichidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 28 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Autostichidae (28)

Autosticha calceata

Autosticha calceata is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Kyoto Moth

Autosticha kyotensis

Autosticha kyotensis, the Kyoto moth, is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Matsumura in 1931. It is found in Japan on the island of Honshu. It is an introduced species in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabam

Deoclona yuccasella - Hodges#2311

Deoclona yuccasella

Identification: Adult - uniformly tan head, thorax, and forewing. Hindwing white. See original description in Print References. Genitalia: Rarely seen in the field, apparently not attracted to lights and may be diurnal.

Gerdana caritella - Hodges#1144

Gerdana caritella

Gerdana is a genus of moths in the Autostichidae family. It contains only one species, Gerdana caritella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from south-eastern Canada and the eastern United States.

Glyphidocera democratica - Hodges#1137

Glyphidocera democratica

Glyphidocera democratica is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee

Glyphidocera dimorphella - Hodges#1143

Glyphidocera dimorphella

Identification: From Busck’s description: “Forewings light straw-yellow, sparsely sprinkled with dark brown atoms, with a blackish brown round dot on the middle of the cell, another similar dot at the end of the cell and a more or less complete serie

Juniper Tip Moth

Glyphidocera juniperella

Glyphidocera juniperella, the juniper tip moth, is a moth of the Autostichidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and

Five-spotted Glyphidocera

Glyphidocera lactiflosella

Glyphidocera lactiflosella, the five-spotted glyphidocera moth, is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Chambers in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,

Glyphidocera lithodoxa - Hodges#1140

Glyphidocera lithodoxa

Glyphidocera lithodoxa is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Massachusetts, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Glyphidocera meyrickella - Hodges#1141

Glyphidocera meyrickella

Identification: Identification from photos is difficult to impossible in this genus. Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD).

Glyphidocera septentrionella - Hodges#1142

Glyphidocera septentrionella

Glyphidocera septentrionella is a moth of the Autostichidae family. It is known from North America, including British Columbia, California, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

Straw Obscure

Oegoconia caradjai

Oegoconia caradjai is a species of gelechioid moth. It is known from most of Europe, except Fennoscandia and the north-east. It is also found in New Zealand.

Oegoconia deauratella

Oegoconia quadripuncta, Oegoconia caradjai and Oegoconia deauratella can only be reliably separated by genitalia dissection . Where this examination process has not been carried out records should be submitted as Oegoconia quadripuncta agg. The larva

Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth

Oegoconia novimundi

Oegoconia novimundi is a moth of the family Symmocidae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, former Serbia and Montenegro, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and on Corsica and the Azores.

Oegoconia quadripuncta

Oegoconia quadripuncta , Oegoconia caradjai and Oegoconia deauratella can only be reliably separated by genitalia dissection. Where this examination process has not been carried out records should be submitted as Oegoconia quadripuncta agg. The adult

Oegoconia quadripuncta agg.

Oegoconia quadripuncta, Oegoconia caradjai and Oegoconia deauratella can only be reliably separated by genitalia dissection. Where specimens have not been confirmed by this means they should be recorded as Oegoconia quadripuncta agg. Common as an agg

Sceptea aequepulvella - Hodges#1135

Sceptea aequepulvella

Sceptea aequepulvella - Hodges#1135 (Sceptea aequepulvella) is a species in the family Autostichidae, belonging to the order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths). It is classified within the subfamily Symmocinae, superfamily Gelechioidea. This species

Streaked Spinitibia Moth

Spinitibia hodgesi

Spinitibia is a genus of moths in the Autostichidae family. It contains only one species, Spinitibia hodgesi, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississipp

Stibaromacha ratella

Stibaromacha ratella is a moth of the Autostichidae family. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal. Outside of Europe, it has been recorded from Morocco, Algeria and Asia Minor.

Potato Moth

Stoeberhinus testaceus

Stoeberhinus testaceus, the potato moth, is a gelechioid moth, supposedly the only species of its genus Stoeberhinus. However, the genus might also include some related moths presently placed in Autosticha. It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae,

Symmoca signatella - Hodges#1133

Symmoca signatella

Symmoca signatella is a moth of the family Autostichidae. It is known from most of western Europe, but also Lithuania, Croatia, Greece and southern Russia. It has also been recorded from California in North America.

Symmocoides oxybiella

Symmocoides oxybiella is a moth of the family Autostichidae. It is found in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Triangle-marked Twirler Moth

Taygete attributella

Taygete attributella is a moth of the Autostichidae family. It is found in North America, including Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Taygete citrinella - Hodges#1843

Taygete citrinella

Identification: See original description in print references below.

Taygete decemmaculella - Hodges#1844

Taygete decemmaculella

Taygete decemmaculella is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming.

Southern taygete

Taygete gallaegenitella

Taygete gallaegenitella is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1864. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from New York to Florida and to Texas.

Glyphidocera floridanella - Hodges#1138

Glyphidocera floridanella