- Autosticha pelodes
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Autosticha pelodes 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Oecophoridae Genus: Autosticha Species: A. pelodes Binomial name Autosticha pelodes
(Meyrick, 1883)Synonyms - Automola pelodes Meyrick, 1883
- Depressaria convictella
The Autosticha Gelechid Moth (Autosticha pelodes) is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in the southern Pacific, including Hawaii and French Polynesia, Java, Sulawesi, the New Hebrides, Samoa, the Austral Islands and the Marquesas. It has been dispersed by man.
The larvae feed on decaying vegetable matter. The larvae have been found beneath dead leaf sheaths of sugarcane, in fibrous material at the bases of palm fronds, in old Ipomoea capsules and in dead twigs and sticks of Araucaria, Lantana and Ricinus species. Full-grown larvae are about 20 mm long.
The pupa is formed in a slight cocoon of white silk where the larva has lived. It is about 7 mm long. The pupal period is 13-15 days.
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