Paracles brittoni

Paracles brittoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Paracles
Species:
P. brittoni
Binomial name
Paracles brittoni
(Rothschild, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Mallocephala brittoni Rothschild, 1910

Paracles brittoni is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Argentina.[1] The type specimen was collected at La Soledad, Entre Rios Province, by Ellen Alice Britton; the species was named in her honor.[2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Savela, Markku. "Paracles brittoni (Rothschild, 1910)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  2. โ†‘ Rothschild, Walter (1910). "Descriptions of New Species of Arctianae in the Tring Museum". Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection with the Tring Museum. 17: 177 โ€“ via Biodiversity Heritage Library.