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Paracles sp.

Paracles sp.


Family: Erebidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description


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.

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])

Source: Wikipedia, article Paracles sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 507127
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Arerunguá
Salto
Uruguay
05/14/2022
Luis Mier



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
163799214/05/2022UruguaySaltoArerunguáLuis Mier
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Paracles sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.