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Species Gabara subnivosella - Hodges#8522

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Scolecocampinae
Genus Gabara
Species subnivosella (Gabara subnivosella - Hodges#8522)
Hodges Number
8522
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gabara subnivosella Walker, 1866
Phylogenetic sequence # 930643 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 7 species of the genus Gabara in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 25 mm.
Identification
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Massachusetts to Florida, Iowa to Texas. (2)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported May to September for Florida. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed the host as grass species. (2)
Print References
Walker, F., 1866. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 35 (5): 1740
Internet References
Noctuoidea of Canada - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems