Sceptea decedens is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco).[1]

Sceptea decedens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Sceptea
Species:
S. decedens
Binomial name
Sceptea decedens
Walsingham, 1911

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, suffused and sprinkled with olivaceous fuscous, tending to become concentrated in an ill-defined streak along the fold, a spot on the middle of the cell, another at the end of the cell becoming absorbed in an indistinct oblique transverse fascia from costal to dorsal the cilia, a subterminal shade, and a few dark spots around the apex and termen. The hindwings are brownish grey.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ funet
  2. ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 109   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.