Sceptea
Appearance
Sceptea | |
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S. decedens ♂. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Autostichidae |
Subfamily: | Symmocinae |
Genus: | Sceptea Walsingham, 1911[1] |
Type species | |
Sceptea decedens Walsingham, 1911
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Sceptea is a moth genus in the family Autostichidae.[2] Its name comes from the Greek σκεπτέα meaning "to be considered".[1]
Species
[edit]- Sceptea aequepulvella (Chambers, 1872)
- Sceptea decedens Walsingham, 1911
References
[edit]- ^ a b Walsingham (1911). "Sceptea, gen. n.". Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, and Pyralida and Hepialina (part.). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Vol. 4. pp. 108–109.
- ^ funet.fi