Parathectis

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Parathectis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Gelechiini
Genus: Parathectis
Janse, 1958

Parathectis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1]

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