Paectes nana

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Paectes nana
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Euteliidae
Genus: Paectes
Species:
P. nana
Binomial name
Paectes nana
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Edema nanaWalker, 1865
  • Ingura burseraeDyar, 1901
  • Paectes burserae
  • Paectes indefatigabilisSchaus, 1923
  • Paectes isabelSchaus, 1923

Paectes nana is a moth in the family Euteliidae. It is widespread from Florida through the Greater Antilles (except for Puerto Rico) and from Mexico to Costa Rica. In South America, it is found in Venezuela, Colombia and northern Ecuador. It has been introduced to the Galapagos Islands. [1]

The forewing length is 10.9–11.6 mm for males and 9.4–9.9 mm for females. Adults are sexually dimorphic. There are two distinct forms. The most easily recognized bears exaggerated dark markings on the apical portion of the postmedial line that is contiguous with the subapical dash. The other form most resembles both Paectes asper , but in Paectes nana, the forewing costa is gray with small, faint, dark-gray quadrate spots along the margin. Adults are probably on wing year round with recorded dates from January to March, June to July, September to October and December.

The larvae have been reared from Schinus terebinthifolius . Other records include Bursera simaruba and Bursera tomentosa .

The moth was originally named Paectes isabel after the artist Isabel Cooper (artist). [2]

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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.
  2. W Schaus (1923). Galapagos Heterocera with description of new species. p. 39.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)