Parachma

Parachma is a genus of snout moths. This genus is allied to Caphys<small> Walker, 1863</small> Acallis <small> Ragonot, 1891</small> and Zabobar <small> Dyar, 1914</small>.

Species

• Parachma atripunctalis <small> Hampson 1906</small>
• Parachma dilutior <small> Rothschild 1913</small>
• Parachma fervidalis <small> Dyar, 1914</small>
• Parachma huralis <small> Dyar 1914</small>
• Parachma ignefusalis <small>Hampson 1906</small>
• Parachma lutealis <small>Hampson, 1897</small>
• Parachma meterythra <small>Hampson, 1897</small>
• Parachma lequettealis <small>Guillermot, 2011</small>
• Parachma ochracealis <small> Walker, 1866</small>
• Parachma pallidalis <small>Hampson 1906</small>
• Parachma phoenicochroa <small> Hampson 1916</small>
• Parachma rufitinctalis <small> Hampson 1916</small>
• Parachma rufoflavalis <small>Hampson 1906</small>
• Parachma thermalis <small> Hampson 1906</small>

All moths of this species occur in the Americas, except P.laquettealis from La Réunion (Indian Ocean).

Former species

• Basacallis tarachodes <small>(Dyar, 1914)</small>

References

• Walker, 1866a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV.– Supplement Part 4. — 34 (1965):i–iv, 1121–1533