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Sceptea
S. decedens ♂.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
Superfamily:
Gelechioidea
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Sceptea

Walsingham, 1911[1]
Type species
Sceptea decedens
Walsingham, 1911

Sceptea is a moth genus in the family Autostichidae.[2] Its name comes from the Greek σκεπτέα meaning "to be considered".[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ funet.fi


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