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 References External links Euteliinae