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Genus Paectes

Unknown moth. ID, please. - Paectes oculatrix Paectes abrostolella - Paectes abrostoloides - female Moth - Paectes oculatrix - female Paectes abrostoloides Paectes abrostoloides (Large Paectes) - Paectes abrostoloides Paectes abrostoloides - Paectes abrostolella - female Paectes oculatrix - female Paectes oculatrix
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Euteliidae
Subfamily Euteliinae
Genus Paectes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paectes Hübner, 1818
Numbers
Paectes includes 12 described species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Metzler, E.H. & J.G. Franclemont 1991. A review of four species names of Paectes from North America (Noctuidae: Euteliinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(1): (2)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.A review of four species names of Paectes from North America (Noctuidae: Euteliinae)
E. H. Metzler, J. G. Franclemont . 1991. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45(1): 34-41 .
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 February, 2005 - 6:22am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 June, 2013 - 10:11pm

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