Paectes
Paectes is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with tufts on first segment and very long, with a large anal tubular tuft especially in male. Forewing with nearly straight costa, rectangular apex, obliquely curved outer margin and near base lobed inner margin. in most species, antennae of male bipectinated and tibia hairy. And in some, antennae of male pectinated for two-thirds of length and fore tibia with a tuft of long hair from femur-tibia joint.
Species
Paectes abrostolella Walker, 1866Paectes abrostoloides Guenée, 1852Paectes acutangula Hampson, 1912Paectes arcigera Guenée, 1852Paectes asper Pogue, 2013Paectes costistrigata Bethune-Baker, 1906Paectes cyanodes Turner, 1902Paectes declinata Grote, 1879Paectes delineata Guenée, 1852Paectes fuscescens Walker, 1855Paectes longiformis Pogue, 2012Paectes lunodes Paectes medialba Pogue, 2013Paectes nana Paectes nubifera Hampson, 1912Paectes obrotunda Guenée, 1852Paectes oculatrix Guenée, 1852Paectes pygmaea Hübner, 1818 Paectes silvaini Barbut & Lalanne-Cassou, 2005Paectes similis Pogue, 2013Paectes sinuosa Pogue, 2013Paectes tumida Pogue, 2013