''Paracataclysta'' is a

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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 Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and

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), northern

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and Africa. The

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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.

Former species

*'' Paracataclysta dualalis'' (Gaede, 1916)

References

* , 1999
Catalogue of the Oriental ''Acentropinae'' (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
''Tijdschrift voor Entomologie'' 142 (1): 125–142. * , 1983: A study of Thailand Nymphulinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). (1) Description of ''Paracataclysta'' n. gen. ''Akitu'' N.S. 50: 1–6.

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* Acentropinae Moths described in 1893 Monotypic moth genera Moths of Asia Moths of Australia Moths of Africa Crambidae genera {{Acentropinae-stub