Paectes asper

Paectes asper
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Paectes
Species:	P. asper
Binomial name
Paectes asper Pogue, 2013

Paectes asper is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from southern Florida and the Bahamas to the Greater Antilles (except Puerto Rico), and the British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.^[1]

The forewing length is 9.4–12.9 mm for males and forewing length 9.2–12.5 mm for females. The costal area of the forewings is dark gray and ferruginous. There is a distinct ovate basal spot. The antemedial line is black, sharply angulate basally and continues around the ventral margin of the ovate spot. It is arrowhead shaped. The hindwings are white, with dark gray marginal shading. The veins are highlighted dark gray and the anal fold has a white and dark-gray striped pattern.

Etymology

The species name is the Latin term for rough, which refers to the roughened texture of the apex of the free saccular extension in the male genitalia.

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