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Species Gnophaela discreta - Hodges#8036

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moth - Gnophaela discreta - male - female Butterfly or moth? - Gnophaela discreta Gnophaela discreta
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Arctiidae (Tiger Moths)
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger Moths)
Tribe Pericopini
Genus Gnophaela
Species discreta (Gnophaela discreta - Hodges#8036)
Hodges Number
8036
Food
Bluebells (Mertensia: Boraginaceae) [according to Moths of Southeastern Arizona site listed below]
Internet References
North American Moth Photographer Group plate
Butterflies and Moths of North America (at Montana State University)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (includes photos of caterpillars)
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 10 September, 2006 - 7:03pm

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