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Parens paraocci

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Micronoctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Tentaxinae

Parens paraocci is a moth of the Micronoctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan.

The wingspan is 9 to 13 millimetres (0.90 to 1.30 cm). The forewings are beige with few dark subterminal and terminal areas, including the fringes. There are six black costal dots. The crosslines are white and mostly invisible, except the terminal line which is marked by black intervenal dots. The fringes are black. The hindwings are grey throughout with an indistinct discal spot. The underside of the forewing is unicolourous brown, with three light yellow subapical spots on the costa. The underside of the hindwing is light grey with a discal spot.

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Parens paraocci Wikipedia