Paracataclysta

Paracataclysta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Crambidae described by Yutaka Yoshiyasu in 1983. Its single species, Paracataclysta fuscalis, was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in South-east Asia (including Sri Lanka and Borneo), northern Australia and Africa.

Paracataclysta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Paracataclysta

Yoshiyasu, 1983[1]
Species:
P. fuscalis
Binomial name
Paracataclysta fuscalis
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta fuscalis Hampson, 1893
  • Catoclysta fuscalis
  • Cataclysta nyctopis Meyrick, 1894

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. The forewings of the males are whitish, with a fuscous base in the costal half. The hindwings are whitish with scattered fuscous scales in the postmedian area. Females have dark fuscous forewings, irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and with an orange-brown antemedian fascia and an orange-brown discal spot. The hindwings are whitish with a dark fuscous antemedian fascia.[2]

Former species

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  2. Agassiz, David J. L. (2012). "The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3494: 1–73. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3494.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-986-3.
  • Speidel, W. & W. Mey, 1999: Catalogue of the Oriental Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 142 (1): 125–142.
  • Yoshiyasu, Y., 1983: A study of Thailand Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). (1) Description of Paracataclysta n. gen. Akitu N.S. 50: 1–6.


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