Parachma

Parachma
Parachma lequettealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Chrysauginae
Genus: Parachma
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Zazaca Walker, 1866
  • Perseis Ragonot, 1891
  • Artopsis Dyar, 1908

Parachma is a genus of snout moths. This genus is allied to Caphys Walker, 1863 Acallis Ragonot, 1891 and Zabobar Dyar, 1914.

Species

All moths of this species occur in the Americas, except P.laquettealis from La Réunion (Indian Ocean).

Former species

References

  1. ↑ "AfroMoths". www.afromoths.net. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cashatt, 1984. Revision of the Genus Parachma Walker (Pyralidae:Chrysauginae) of North America North of Mexico with Description of a New Genus.- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(4), 1984, 168-280" (PDF). yale.edu. Retrieved 14 March 2018.