''Paectes'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Euteliidae
Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea
Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid (Latin "night owl") or "owlet" moths, and has more than 70,000 described species, the largest number of any Lepidopteran superfamily. Its ...
erected by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1818.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with tufts on first segment and very long, with a large anal tubular tuft especially in male. Forewing with nearly straight costa, rectangular apex, obliquely curved outer margin and near base lobed inner margin. in most species, antennae of male bipectinated and tibia hairy. And in some, antennae of male pectinated for two-thirds of length and fore tibia with a tuft of long hair from femur-tibia joint.
Species
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Paectes abrostolella''
Walker, 1866
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Paectes abrostoloides''
Guenée, 1852
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Paectes acutangula''
Hampson, 1912
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Paectes arcigera''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Paectes asper''
Pogue, 2013
* ''
Paectes costistrigata''
Bethune-Baker, 1906
* ''
Paectes cyanodes''
Turner, 1902
* ''
Paectes declinata''
Grote, 1879
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Paectes delineata''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Paectes fuscescens
''Paectes fuscescens'' is a moth of the family Euteliidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found from Central America to Paraguay and Brazil and on the Antilles
The Antilles is an archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea t ...
''
Walker, 1855
* ''
Paectes longiformis''
Pogue, 2012
* ''
Paectes lunodes''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Paectes medialba''
Pogue, 2013
* ''
Paectes nana''
(Walker, 1865)
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Paectes nubifera''
Hampson, 1912
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Paectes obrotunda''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Paectes oculatrix''
Guenée, 1852
* ''
Paectes pygmaea''
Hübner, 1818 (syn: ''Paectes flabella''
(Grote, 1879))
* ''
Paectes silvaini''
Barbut & Lalanne-Cassou, 2005
* ''
Paectes similis''
Pogue, 2013
* ''
Paectes sinuosa''
Pogue, 2013
* ''
Paectes tumida''
Pogue, 2013
References
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External links
Euteliinae
{{Euteliinae-stub