''Palaephatus fusciterminus'' is a
moth of the family
Palaephatidae
Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the order Lepidoptera with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera. These "Gondwanaland moths" exhibit a disjunct distribution occurring mainly in South America (Davis, 1986), with fou ...
. It is found in the Valdivian forests of southern
Argentina and
Chile.
The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm for males and 10.5–11.5 mm for females. They are on wing from October to March, possibly in multiple generations per year.
A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia
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References
Moths described in 1986
Palaephatidae
Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist)
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