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''Paectes'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s of the family
Euteliidae Euteliidae is a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who described over 1,000 species o ...
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

* '' Paectes abrostolella'' Walker, 1866 * '' Paectes abrostoloides'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Paectes acutangula'' Hampson, 1912 * '' Paectes arcigera'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Paectes asper'' Pogue, 2013 * '' Paectes costistrigata'' Bethune-Baker, 1906 * '' Paectes cyanodes'' Turner, 1902 * '' Paectes declinata'' Grote, 1879 * '' Paectes delineata'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Paectes fuscescens'' Walker, 1855 * '' Paectes longiformis'' Pogue, 2012 * '' Paectes lunodes'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Paectes medialba'' Pogue, 2013 * '' Paectes nana'' (Walker, 1865) * '' Paectes nubifera'' Hampson, 1912 * '' 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 ''Paectes tumida'' is a moth in the family Euteliidae first described by Michael G. Pogue in 2013. It is found in Colombia (Villavicencio), Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=Fr ...
'' Pogue, 2013


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External links

Euteliinae {{Euteliinae-stub