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Genus of moths

Sceptea
S. decedens ♂.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Subfamily: Symmocinae
Genus: Sceptea
Walsingham, 1911
Type species
Sceptea decedens
Walsingham, 1911

Sceptea is a moth genus in the family Autostichidae. Its name comes from the Greek σκεπτέα meaning "to be considered".

Species

References

  1. ^ Walsingham (1911). "Sceptea, gen. n.". Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, and Pyralida and Hepialina (part.). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Vol. 4. pp. 108–109.
  2. funet.fi
Taxon identifiers
Sceptea


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