Paracles uruguayensis

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

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

Adults have a pale grey-yellow pattern.

Taxonomy

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

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.


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