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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Scolecocampinae » Gabara » Gabara distema - Hodges#8523 (Gabara distema)

Species Gabara distema - Hodges#8523

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 distema (Gabara distema - Hodges#8523)
Hodges Number
8523
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gabara distema (Grote, 1880)
Cilla distema Grote, 1880
Phylogenetic sequence # 930644
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range of the southern subspecies to include North Carolina to Florida; Arkansas to Texas. (1), (2)
Moth Photographers Group has records to Ohio. (3)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported April to October. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported grass species as the larval host. (2)
Print References
Grote(4), A.R., 1880. Description of Cilla distema. North American Entomologist, 1: 99.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
2.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Bob Patterson on 20 September, 2009 - 11:18am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 22 August, 2013 - 4:23pm

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