''Sceptea aequepulvella'' is a
moth in the family
Autostichidae. It was described by
Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V.T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pione ...
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.
The
wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are ocherous 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.
Description of ''Glyphidocera aberratella'' in ''Journal of the New York Entomological Society'' 15: 138
References
Moths described in 1872
Symmocinae
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