Paracles uruguayensis explained

Paracles uruguayensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Carlos Berg in 1886. It is found in Uruguay.

Adults have a pale grey-yellow pattern.

Taxonomy

The species was synonymised with Paracles vulpina by George Hampson in 1901. Research in 2014 concluded it is a valid species.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Beccacece . Hernán M. . Vincent . Benoit . Navarro . Fernando R. . amp . 2014 . The type-material of Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) described by Burmeister and Berg in the collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Buenos Aires, Argentina) . . 421 . 65–89 . 10.3897/zookeys.421.6666. 25061380 . 4109471 . free .