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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Pericopina » Gnophaela » Police Car Moth - Hodges#8037 (Gnophaela vermiculata)
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Gnophaela vermiculata? - Gnophaela vermiculata
Copyright © 2009 Jerry Friedman

Gnophaela vermiculata? - Gnophaela vermiculata
Santa Fe Ski Basin, near Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
July 26, 2009
Size: 3-4 cm long?
These moths were everywhere in a meadow at about 10,500 feet (and common elsewhere in the area). This one is on Hymenoxys (syn. Helenium) hoopesii. BAMONA lists two Gnophaela species for the county, vermiculata and discreta. I gather the main difference is the hindwings. This is my best shot of the hindwings. Does it show them well enough to say the moth is definitely vermiculata?
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Contributed by Jerry Friedman on 26 July, 2009 - 7:46pm
Last updated 28 July, 2009 - 10:23pm

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… Maury J. Heiman, 27 July, 2009 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

8037 - Gnophaela vermiculata
....V. discreta is substantially different. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 26 July, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

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