Parachma

Parachma is a genus of snout moths. This genus is allied to Caphys Walker, 1863 Acallis Ragonot, 1891 and Zabobar Dyar, 1914.[2]

Parachma
Parachma lequettealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Chrysauginae
Genus: Parachma
Walker, 1866[1]
Synonyms
  • Zazaca Walker, 1866
  • Perseis Ragonot, 1891
  • Artopsis Dyar, 1908

Species
  • Parachma atripunctalis Hampson 1906
  • Parachma dilutior Rothschild 1913
  • Parachma fervidalis Dyar, 1914
  • Parachma huralis Dyar 1914
  • Parachma ignefusalis Hampson 1906
  • Parachma lutealis Hampson, 1897
  • Parachma meterythra Hampson, 1897
  • Parachma lequettealis Guillermot, 2011
  • Parachma ochracealis Walker, 1866
  • Parachma pallidalis Hampson 1906
  • Parachma phoenicochroa Hampson 1916
  • Parachma rufitinctalis Hampson 1916
  • Parachma rufoflavalis Hampson 1906
  • Parachma thermalis Hampson 1906

All moths of this species occur in the Americas, except P.laquettealis from La Réunion (Indian Ocean).

Former species
  • Basacallis tarachodes (Dyar, 1914)
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References
  • Walker, 1866a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV.– Supplement Part 4. — 34 (1965):i–iv, 1121–1533
  1. "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "Cashatt, 1984. Revision of the Genus Parachma Walker (Pyralidae:Chrysauginae) of North America North of Mexico with Description of a New Genus.- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(4), 1984, 168-280" (PDF). yale.edu. Retrieved 14 March 2018.


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