Paradaemonia Bouvier, 1925 has 14 exclusively neotropical species, widely distributed from Mexico to Argentina. Here a new species, Paradaemonia meridionalis sp. nov., from Central Southern Brazil is described. The species described below is closely related to Paradaemonia castanea (Rothschild, 1907) and P. platydesmia (Rothschild, 1907) group.
Neotropical; new moth; taxonomy
