Parascaeas is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Parascaeas uranophanes, is found in Panama and Colombia. Both the genus and species were first described by Edward Meyrick, the genus in 1936 and the species five years earlier in 1931.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenomatinae |
| Genus: | Parascaeas Meyrick, 1936 |
| Species: | P. uranophanes
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| Binomial name | |
| Parascaeas uranophanes (Meyrick, 1931)
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References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 8, 2015). "Parascaeas Meyrick, 1936". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 8, 2020.