It belongs to the subfamily Autostichinae, which is either placed in the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), or in an expanded Autostichidae.

[1] Typically, these moths have the second and third forewing vein emerging from a common stalk.

The labial palps are characteristically tapering from the second segment onwards and end in a pointed tip.

[2] Several originally independent genera are now included here, and while most of them are probably not even valid as subgenera, some species included in Autosticha have been historically assigned to entirely different Gelechioidea lineages, such as the long-horned moths (Lecithoceridae) or the Xyloryctidae.

[3] Species of Autosticha are:[4] Some of these might belong in other genera of Autostichinae, such as the supposedly monotypic Stoeberhinus.