Sceptea aequepulvella

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Sceptea aequepulvella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Sceptea
Species:
S. aequepulvella
Binomial name
Sceptea aequepulvella
(Chambers, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia aequepulvellaChambers, 1872
  • Glyphidocera aberratellaBusck, 1907

Sceptea aequepulvella is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1872. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are ocherous brown, heavily overlaid with black scales especially along the edges and towards the apex. At the end of the cell is a poorly defined blackish dot and on the middle of the fold is a similar dot. The hindwings are bluish fuscous. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Sceptea Walsingham, 1911". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Description of Glyphidocera aberratella in Journal of the New York Entomological Society 15: 138 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .