Parachma is a genus of snout moths. This genus is allied to Caphys Walker, 1863 Acallis Ragonot, 1891 and Zabobar Dyar, 1914.
Species Parachma atripunctalis Hampson 1906 Parachma dilutior Rothschild 1913 Parachma fervidalis Dyar, 1914 Parachma huralis Dyar 1914 Parachma ignefusalis Hampson 1906 Parachma lutealis Hampson, 1897 Parachma meterythra Hampson, 1897 Parachma lequettealis Guillermot, 2011 Parachma ochracealis Walker, 1866 Parachma pallidalis Hampson 1906 Parachma phoenicochroa Hampson 1916 Parachma rufitinctalis Hampson 1916 Parachma rufoflavalis Hampson 1906 Parachma thermalis Hampson 1906
All moths of this species occur in the Americas, except P.laquettealis from La Réunion (Indian Ocean).
Former species Basacallis tarachodes (Dyar, 1914)
References Walker, 1866a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV.– Supplement Part 4. — 34 (1965):i–iv, 1121–1533