Sceptea aequepulvella

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

Sceptea aequepulvella is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by 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 ochreous 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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