Sceptea decedens explained

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/autostichidae/symmocinae/sceptea/ funet
  2. https://archive.org/stream/mobotbca_15_04_00#page/n124/mode/1up Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 109