Paracles

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Paracles
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Paracles
Walker, 1855
Synonyms
  • MotadaWalker, 1855
  • LaoraWalker, 1855
  • MassicytaWalker, 1856
  • BorsebaWalker, [1865]
  • PalustraBar, 1873
  • AltimaenasDyar, 1913
  • PachylaeliaButler, 1878
  • ChilesiaRuiz-Rodriguez, 1989

Paracles is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was described by Francis Walker in 1855. The species range from Panama to Patagonia, with quite a few in the southern temperate region of South America.

Species

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