''Paracles argentina'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by

Carlos Berg Carlos Berg ( lv, Kārlis Bergs, german: Karl Berg) or Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg ( lv, Frīdrihs Vilhelms Kārlis Bergs, german: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg) (21 March 1843, Courland – 19 January 1902 Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian natu ...

in 1877. It is found in Corrientes Province, Argentina.

Taxonomy

The species was treated as a synonym of '' Paracles laboulbeni'' by George Hampson in 1901. Research in 2014 concluded it is a valid species.

References

A Moths of South America Endemic fauna of Argentina Moths described in 1877 {{Paracles-stub