Catameces

Catameces
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Subfamily:	Anomologinae
Genus:	Catameces; Turner, 1919
Species:	C. peribapta
Binomial name
	Catameces peribapta; (Lower, 1918)
Synonyms
	Aristotelia peribapta Lower, 1918; Catameces thiophara Turner, 1919;

Catameces is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Catameces peribapta, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and South Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-yellow, the margins minutely irrorated with darker ochreous. The hindwings are pale fuscous.^[2]

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