''Pataeta'' is a genus 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 in 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1858.
Species
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Pataeta carbo''
(Guenée, 1852) Australia, Sulawesi
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Pataeta hoenei''
Berio, 1964 Guangdong
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Pataeta transversata''
Berio, 1966 Zaire, Tanzania, Mozambique
References
Euteliinae
{{Euteliinae-stub