# Paracolax

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***Paracolax*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [litter moths](/source/Litter_moth) of the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). The genus was erected by [Jacob Hübner](/source/Jacob_H%C3%BCbner) in 1825.[1][2]

## Species

- *[Paracolax albinotata](/source/Paracolax_albinotata)* (Butler, 1879) Japan
- *[Paracolax albopunctata](/source/Paracolax_albopunctata)* Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea
- *[Paracolax angulata](/source/Paracolax_angulata)* (Wileman, 1915) Japan, Taiwan
- *[Paracolax bipuncta](/source/Paracolax_bipuncta)* Owada, 1982 Japan
- *[Paracolax brunnescens](/source/Paracolax_brunnescens)* Rothschild, 1920 Sumatra
- *[Paracolax castanea](/source/Paracolax_castanea)* Rothschild, 1920 Sumatra
- *[Paracolax contigua](/source/Paracolax_contigua)* (Leech, 1900) Japan, Taiwan, China
- *[Paracolax fascialis](/source/Paracolax_fascialis)* (Leech, 1889) Japan, Korea, Amur, Ussuri
- *[Paracolax fentoni](/source/Paracolax_fentoni)* (Butler, 1879) Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, Ussuri
- *[Paracolax griseata](/source/Paracolax_griseata)* Rothschild, 1915 New Guinea
- *[Paracolax grisescens](/source/Paracolax_grisescens)* Holloway, 2008 Borneo
- *[Paracolax japonica](/source/Paracolax_japonica)* Owada, 1987 Japan (Honshu)
- *[Paracolax montanus](/source/Paracolax_montanus)* Holloway, 2008 Borneo
- *[Paracolax ocellatus](/source/Paracolax_ocellatus)* Holloway, 2008 Borneo
- *[Paracolax ochrescens](/source/Paracolax_ochrescens)* Holloway, 2008 Borneo
- *[Paracolax pacifica](/source/Paracolax_pacifica)* Inoue, Sugi, Kuroko, Moriuti & Kawabe, 1982 Japan
- *[Paracolax pectinatus](/source/Paracolax_pectinatus)* Holloway, 2008 Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia
- *[Paracolax pryeri](/source/Paracolax_pryeri)* (Butler, 1879) Japan, Taiwan
- *[Paracolax tokui](/source/Paracolax_tokui)* Inoue, Sugi, Kuroko, Moriuti & Kawabe, 1982 Japan
- *[Paracolax trilinealis](/source/Paracolax_trilinealis)* (Bremer, 1864) Japan, Sakhalin, Korea, southeastern Siberia, China
- *[Paracolax tristalis](/source/Paracolax_tristalis)* (Fabricius, 1794) southern and central Europe, Japan, Sakhalin, China, Amur, Ussuri, Siberia - clay fan-foot

## References

1. Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). ["*Paracolax* Hübner, \[1825\]"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/herminiinae/paracolax/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). ["*Paracolax* Hübner, 1825"](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=21387.0). *Butterflies and Moths of the World*. [Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum,_London). Retrieved January 28, 2020.

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