Paracles

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Arctiina
Genus: Paracles
Species: P. affinis – P. albescens – P. alonia – P. amarga – P. amaryllis – P. angustior – P. antennata – P. argentina – P. aurantiaca – P. azollae – P. bergi – P. bicolor – P. bilinea – P. bogotensis – P. brittoni – P. brunnea – P. brunneivenis – P. burmeisteri – P. cajetani – P. chionorrhaea – P. cnethocampoides – P. contraria – P. costata – P. deserticola – P. diminuta – P. discalis – P. dukinfieldia – P. elongata – P. emerita – P. felderi – P. fervida – P. flavescens – P. fosterana – P. fosteri – P. fosteri – P. fulvicollis – P. fusca – P. gigantea – P. griseola – P. haenschi – P. herbuloti – P. honora – P. imitatrix – P. insipida – P. irritans – P. juruana – P. klagesi – P. laboulbeni – P. laguerrei – P. lateralis – P. latior – P. lehasi – P. lehmanni – P. luteola – P. magna – P. marcona – P. marmorata – P. medinata – P. minuta – P. multifarior – P. nadiae – P. nitida – P. obscura – P. obscurior – P. ochriflua – P. ockendeni – P. pallicosta – P. pallidivena – P. palmeri – P. palustris – P. paula – P. pectinalis – P. persimilis – P. peruensis – P. peruviana – P. phaeocera – P. plectroides – P. postflavida – P. quadrata – P. reversa – P. romani – P. rudis – P. sericea – P. severa – P. severula – P. sinelinea – P. sordida – P. soricina – P. squalida – P. steinbachi – P. surgens – P. tapina – P. tegulata – P. tenuis – P. thursbyi – P. tolimensis – P. toulgoeti – P. translucida – P. ubiana – P. uniformis – P. ursina – P. uruguayensis – P. valstana – P. variabilis – P. variegata – P. venata – P. venata – P. vivida – P. vulpeculata – P. vulpina
Name

Paracles Walker, 1855

Type species: Paracles contraria Walker, 1865
Synonyms

Motada Walker, 1855
Laora Walker, 1855
Massicyta Walker, 1856
Borseba Walker, [1865]
Palustra Bar, 1873
Altimaenas Dyar, 1913
Pachylaelia (Liparidae) Butler, 1878

References

Becker, V.O. & S.E. Miller 1989: Three unusual species of Paracles from South America (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 28 (4): 283–288. Full article: [1].

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])

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.