''Palaephatus striatus'' 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 wetter Valdivian forests of central
Argentina and
Chile from Lago Puyehue and Lago Nahuel Huapi south to Chiloe Island.
The length of the forewings is 9-11.2 mm for males and 10–11 mm for females.
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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