Genus Gnophaela

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moth - Gnophaela discreta - male - female

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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

Numbers

5 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Identification

Adult: all black except for large white spots on wings

Larva: yellow with uniformly-distributed patches of black hairs that partly obscure the yellow ground color

Range

western United States, with one species (G. vermiculata) reaching southwestern Canada

Internet References

pinned adult images by Paul Opler, and US distribution maps of: G. aequinoctialis, clappiana, discreta, latipennis, vermiculata (butterfliesandmoths.org)

live larva image of G. latipennis plus description, food plant, seasonality (Jeffrey Miller, Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest Forests and Woodlands; USGS)

Contributed by Cotinis on 4 November, 2004 - 5:15am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 9 January, 2007 - 10:50am

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