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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Subfamily: | Anomologinae |
| Genus: | Catameces Turner, 1919 |
| Species: | C. peribapta
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| Binomial name | |
| Catameces peribapta (Lower, 1918)
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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]
References
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- ^ Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 42 : 237
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