Palaephatus (moth)

{{Short description|Moth genus in family Palaephatidae}}

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| authority = Butler, 1883[http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/sc_RecordSingle.cfm?filename=SCTZ-0434&CFID=11274368&CFTOKEN=e3d1c914ef8aa3d2-EFB5D234-EBAF-FEA5-3214946F1A0F30C4 A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia]

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Palaephatus is a genus of moths in the family Palaephatidae.