Species Paectes fuscescens - Hodges#8963.2

8963.2

Paectes fuscescens (Walker, 1855)

Edema fuscescens Walker, 1855

Wingspan: ~23 mm (1).

"Fawn-color, with blackish speckles. Palpi pale testaceous beneath. Antennae brown. Thorax in front, pectus and legs mostly whitish. Forewings indistinctly mottled with brown, and with three slender black bands; the first band more regular than the second and third, which are double; the second zigzag; the third with fewer angles; a row of black lunules along the exterior border, and a black subapical spot. Hind wings brown, with a whitish fringe, paler and with brown marks beneath." --Walker, 1855 (see print references below).

Found from Central America to Paraguay and Brazil, the Antilles (2), and south Florida (1).

Several other Paectes species look very similar.

Walker, F. 1855. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 5: 1031

Moth Photographers Group – images of pinned adults (1)

BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)

Wikipedia - species page (2)