Paectes asper

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Paectes asper
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Genus: Paectes
Species:
P. asper
Binomial name
Paectes asper
Pogue, 2013

Paectes asper is a moth in the family Euteliidae first described by Michael G. Pogue in 2013. It is widespread from southern Florida and the Bahamas to the Greater Antilles (except Puerto Rico), and the British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. [1]

The forewing length is 9.4–12.9 mm for males and forewing length 9.2–12.5 mm for females. The costal area of the forewings is dark gray and ferruginous. There is a distinct ovate basal spot. The antemedial line is black, sharply angulate basally and continues around the ventral margin of the ovate spot. It is arrowhead shaped. The hindwings are white, with dark gray marginal shading. The veins are highlighted dark gray and the anal fold has a white and dark-gray striped pattern.

Etymology

The specific name is the Latin term for rough, which refers to the roughened texture of the apex of the free saccular extension in the male genitalia.

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References

  1. Pogue, M. G. (2013). "A review of the Paectes arcigera species complex (Guenée) (Lepidoptera, Euteliidae)". Zookeys. 264: 126-163. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.