Paracles

Paracles is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was described by Francis Walker in 1855. The species range from Panama to Patagonia, with quite a few in the southern temperate region of South America.

Paracles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Arctiina
Genus:	Paracles Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Motada Walker, 1855 Laora Walker, 1855 Massicyta Walker, 1856 Borseba Walker, [1865] Palustra Bar, 1873 Altimaenas Dyar, 1913 Pachylaelia Butler, 1878 Chilesia Ruiz-Rodriguez, 1989

Species

• Paracles affinis (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles albescens (Hampson, 1901)
• Paracles alonia (Schaus, 1933)
• Paracles amarga (Schaus, 1933)
• Paracles antennata (Walker, 1855)
• Paracles argentina (Berg, 1877)
• Paracles aurantiaca (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles azollae (Berg, 1877)
• Paracles bilinea (Schaus, 1901)
• Paracles bogotensis (Dognin, 1916)
• Paracles brittoni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles brunnea (Hübner, [1831])
• Paracles burmeisteri (Berg, 1877)
• Paracles cajetani (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles cnethocampoides (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles contraria Walker, 1855
• Paracles costata (Burmeister, 1878)
• Paracles deserticola (Berg, 1875)
• Paracles discalis (Reich, 1933)
• Paracles dukinfieldia (Schaus, 1896)
• Paracles elongata (Rothschild, 1922)
• Paracles emerita (Schaus, 1933)
• Paracles felderi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles fervida (Schaus, 1901)
• Paracles flavescens (Schaus, 1896)
• Paracles fosterana Watson & Goodger, 1986
• Paracles fosteri (Hampson, 1905)
• Paracles fulvicollis (Hampson, 1905)
• Paracles fusca (Walker, 1856)
• Paracles gigantea (E. D. Jones, 1908)
• Paracles haenschi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles herbuloti (Toulgoët, 1975)
• Paracles honora (Schaus, 1896)
• Paracles insipida (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles juruana (Butler, 1878)
• Paracles klagesi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles laboulbeni (Bar, 1873)
• Paracles laguerrei Toulgoët, 2000
• Paracles lateralis (Walker, 1855)
• Paracles lehmanni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles magna (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles marcona (Schaus, 1933)
• Paracles nitida (E. D. Jones, 1908)
• Paracles obscurior (Schaus, 1933)
• Paracles ockendeni (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles pallidivena (Schaus, 1904)
• Paracles palmeri (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles palustris (Jörgensen, 1935)
• Paracles paula (Schaus, 1896)
• Paracles pectinalis E. D. Jones, 1908
• Paracles persimilis (Burmeister, 1878)
• Paracles peruensis (Dognin, 1907)
• Paracles peruviana (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles phaeocera (Hampson, 1905)
• Paracles plectoides (Maassen, 1890)
• Paracles postflavida (Rothschild, 1922)
• Paracles quadrata (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles reversa (E. D. Jones, 1908)
• Paracles rudis Butler, 1882
• Paracles sericea (Schaus, 1896)
• Paracles severa (Berg, 1875)
• Paracles steinbachi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles surgens (Walker, [1865])
• Paracles tapina (Dyar, 1913)
• Paracles tenuis (Berg, 1877)
• Paracles thursbyi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles tolimensis (Dognin, 1912)
• Paracles toulgoeti Watson & Goodger, 1986
• Paracles ubiana (Druce, 1898)
• Paracles uniformis (E. D. Jones, 1912)
• Paracles uruguayensis (Berg, 1886)
• Paracles valstana (Schaus, 1933)
• Paracles variegata (Schaus, 1896)
• Paracles venata (Schaus, 1894)
• Paracles vivida (Rothschild, 1910)
• Paracles vulpecula (Dognin, 1907)
• Paracles vulpina (Hübner, [1825])

References

• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Paracles Walker, 1855". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 31, 2017.