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    Paracles argentina

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    Paracles argentina
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Superfamily: Noctuoidea
    Family: Erebidae
    Subfamily: Arctiinae
    Genus: Paracles
    Species:
    P. argentina
    Binomial name
    Paracles argentina
    (Berg, 1877)
    Synonyms
    • Palustra argentina Berg, 1877

    Paracles argentina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Carlos Berg in 1877. It is found in Corrientes Province, Argentina.

    Taxonomy

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    The species was treated as a synonym of Paracles laboulbeni by George Hampson in 1901. Research in 2014 concluded it is a valid species.[1]

    References

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    1. ^ Beccacece, Hernán M.; Vincent, Benoit & Navarro, Fernando R. (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)". ZooKeys (421): 65–89. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6666. PMC 4109471. PMID 25061380.


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