Autoba costimacula

Autoba costimacula is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found in southern and eastern Africa, on the islands of the Indian Ocean and in Yemen.^[1]

Autoba costimacula
Autoba costimacula ssp. mascarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Autoba
Species:	A. costimacula
Binomial name
Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
Synonyms
Thalpochares costimacula Saalmüller, 1880 Anthophila costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880) Autoba mascarensis Viette, 1975 Eublemma plagiopera Hampson, 1902

The wingspan of the adult moths is 14 mm.^[2]

Its larvae have been observed as predators of Coccoidea (scale insects).

Subspecies

• Autoba costimacula costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880) - known from Yemen, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Aldabra and Assumption Island (Seychelles).
• Autoba costimacula mascarensis Viette, 1975 - known from Réunion and Mauritius.