Paracles uruguayensis

Paracles uruguayensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Paracles
Species: P. uruguayensis
Binomial name
Paracles uruguayensis
(Berg, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Palustra uruguayensis Berg, 1886

Paracles uruguayensis is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Uruguay.

Adults have a pale grey-yellow colour pattern.

Taxonomy

The species was synonymized with Paracles vulpina by Hampson in 1901. Research in 2014 concluded it is a valid species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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)


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