Paracles argentina

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Paracles argentina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Paracles
Species:
P. argentina
Binomial name
Paracles argentina
(Berg, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Palustra argentinaBerg, 1877

Paracles argentina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Carlos Berg in 1877. It is found in Corrientes Province, Argentina.

Taxonomy

The species was treated as a synonym of Paracles laboulbeni by George Hampson in 1901. Research in 2014 concluded it is a valid species. [1]

Related Research Articles

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<i>Paracles vulpina</i> Species of moth

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Paracles amarga is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Schaus in 1933. It is found in Argentina.

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<i>Paracles azollae</i> Species of moth

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<i>Paracles severa</i> Species of moth

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<i>Paracles tenuis</i> Species of moth

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<i>Paracles deserticola</i> Species of moth

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<i>Paracles burmeisteri</i> Species of moth

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Paracles fulvicollis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in Chile. There are several species in the southern temperate region of South America, from Panama to Patagonia.

<i>Paracles fusca</i> Species of moth

Paracles fusca is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Brazil and Argentina.

Paracles insipida is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Argentina.

Paracles magna is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in the northern part of Argentina.

Paracles valstana is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Schaus in 1933. It is found in Argentina.

Paracles steinbachi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Argentina.

Paracles thursbyi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Argentina.

Paracles cnethocampoides is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Argentina.

<i>Leucanopsis infucata</i> Species of moth

Leucanopsis infucata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Carlos Berg in 1882 and is found in Argentina.

<i>Paracles uruguayensis</i> Species of moth

Paracles uruguayensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Carlos Berg in 1886. It is found in Uruguay.

References

  1. Beccacece, Hernán M.; Vincent, Benoit & Navarro, Fernando R. (2014). "The type-material of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) described by Burmeister and Berg in the collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)". ZooKeys (421): 65–89. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.421.6666 . PMC   4109471 . PMID   25061380.