Species Gabriola regularia - Hodges#6785

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · 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 Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)

Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)

Subfamily Ennominae

Tribe Nacophorini

Genus Gabriola

Species regularia (Gabriola regularia - Hodges#6785)

Hodges Number

6785

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gabriola regularia McDunnough, 1945

Identification

Adult: Similar to Gabriola minor but the upper surface of the wings is browner ● AM is weakly curved and broadly shaded basally by a dark brown band ● Male antennae pectinate, with terminal segments simple ● FW pale gray, variably suffused with dark gray, grayish brown and dark brown scales and striations ● Median area paler than or concolorous with, adjacent areas of wing ● tornal area vaguely marked with diffuse pale area (1)

Range

Arizona and Nevada. (2)

Season

June to September. (3), (2)

See Also

Gabriola minor - similar to Gabriola regularia, except FW is paler gray

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the moth genus Gabriola (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Frederick H. Rindge. 1974. American Museum Novitates 2550: 1-24, f.1-26.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 8:19pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 7 January, 2016 - 10:15am

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