Palaephatus falsus

Palaephatus falsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Palaephatidae
Genus: Palaephatus
Species: P. falsus
Binomial name
Palaephatus falsus
Butler, 1883

Palaephatus falsus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Butler in 1883. It is found in the Valdivian forest region of southern Chile from the Nahuelbuta Mountains south to Chiloe Island. In southern Argentina it is found from the adjacent Andean forests of the Neuquen Province south to the Interoceanic Magellanic region of southern Tierra del Fuego.

The length of the forewings is 8.5–12 mm for males and 11–13 mm for females. Adults have light buff to light fuscous forewings variably marked with darker brown specks and oblique lines in males. Females are much paler and have whitish hindwings. They are on wing from September to March, possibly in multiple generations per year.[1]

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