Cerconota sciaphilina is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Mexico and Panama. The wingspan is 19-21 mm. The forewings are grey, more or less suffusedly mixed with white, the costal edge white and with a suffused dark fuscous streak from the base of the costa to one-fifth of the dorsum. There are three cloudy dark fuscous transverse lines dilated on the costa, the first from one-fourth of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, rather irregular, the second from beyond the middle of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum, rather irregular, edged with white anteriorly and more or less thickened with dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsal half posteriorly, the third from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, sharply indented beneath the costa, then rather strongly curved out