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Paectes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Euteliinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Paectes

Higher classification
  
Euteliinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Paectes abrostoloides, Butterflies and moths, Noctuidae, Eutelia, Euteliidae

Paectes is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.

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Description

Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with tufts on first segment and very long, with a large anal tubular tuft especially in male. Fore wing with nearly straight costa, rectangular apex, obliquely curved outer margin and near base lobed inner margin. in most species, antennae of male bipectinated and tibia hairy. And in some, antennae of male pectinated for two-thirds of length and fore tibia with a tuft of long hair from femur-tibia joint.

Species

  • Paectes abrostolella Walker, 1866
  • Paectes abrostoloides Guenée, 1852
  • Paectes acutangula Hampson, 1912
  • Paectes arcigera Guenée, 1852
  • Paectes asper Pogue, 2013
  • Paectes costistrigata Bethune-Baker, 1906
  • Paectes cyanodes Turner, 1902
  • Paectes declinata Grote, 1879
  • Paectes delineata Guenée, 1852
  • Paectes fuscescens Walker, 1855
  • Paectes longiformis Pogue, 2012
  • Paectes lunodes (Guenée, 1852)
  • Paectes medialba Pogue, 2013
  • Paectes nubifera Hampson, 1912
  • Paectes obrotunda Guenée, 1852
  • Paectes oculatrix Guenée, 1852
  • Paectes pygmaea Hübner, 1818 (syn: Paectes flabella (Grote, 1879))
  • Paectes silvaini Barbut & Lalanne-Cassou, 2005
  • Paectes similis Pogue, 2013
  • Paectes sinuosa Pogue, 2013
  • Paectes tumida Pogue, 2013

    • References

    Paectes Wikipedia
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