''Paracles uruguayensis'' is a

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 w ...

of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by

Carlos Berg Carlos Berg ( lv, Kārlis Bergs, german: Karl Berg) or Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg ( lv, Frīdrihs Vilhelms Kārlis Bergs, german: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg) (21 March 1843, Courland – 19 January 1902 Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian natu ...

in 1886. It is found in

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

. Adults have a pale grey-yellow pattern.

Taxonomy

The species was synonymised with ''

Paracles vulpina ''Paracles vulpina'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is found in Argentina and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest co ...

'' by George Hampson in 1901. Research in 2014 concluded it is a valid species.

References

Moths described in 1886 Paracles {{Paracles-stub