Paectes is a genus of moths of the family Euteliidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Description
Palpi upturned, reaching just above vertex of head. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with tufts on first segment and very long, with a large anal tubular tuft especially in male. Forewing with nearly straight costa, rectangular apex, obliquely curved outer margin and near base lobed inner margin. in most species, antennae of male bipectinated and tibia hairy. And in some, antennae of male pectinated for two-thirds of length and fore tibia with a tuft of long hair from femur-tibia joint.
Species
Paectes abrostolella Walker, 1866
Paectes abrostoloides Guenée, 1852
Paectes acutangula Hampson, 1912
Paectes arcigera Guenée, 1852
Paectes asper Pogue, 2013
Paectes costistrigata Bethune-Baker, 1906
Paectes cyanodes Turner, 1902
Paectes declinata Grote, 1879
Paectes delineata Guenée, 1852
Paectes fuscescens Walker, 1855
Paectes longiformis Pogue, 2012
Paectes lunodes (Guenée, 1852) Paectes medialba Pogue, 2013 Paectes nana (Walker, 1865) Paectes nubifera Hampson, 1912 Paectes obrotunda Guenée, 1852 Paectes oculatrix Guenée, 1852 Paectes pygmaea Hübner, 1818 (syn: Paectes flabella (Grote, 1879)) Paectes silvaini Barbut & Lalanne-Cassou, 2005 Paectes similis Pogue, 2013 Paectes sinuosa Pogue, 2013 Paectes tumida Pogue, 2013