Paectes fuscescens

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Paectes fuscescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Genus: Paectes
Species:
P. fuscescens
Binomial name
Paectes fuscescens
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Edema fuscescensWalker, 1855
  • Adrada pseudopsisWalker, 1858

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. [1]

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References

  1. Barnes, Matthew J. C. (May 24, 2002). "Paectes fuscescens". Moths of Jamaica. Retrieved August 2, 2020.