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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 subnivosella - Hodges#8522 (Gabara subnivosella)

Species Gabara subnivosella - Hodges#8522

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

dark-streaked moth - Gabara subnivosella

930643.00 – 8522 – Gabara subnivosella - Gabara subnivosella

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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 subnivosella (Gabara subnivosella - Hodges#8522)

Hodges Number

8522

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gabara subnivosella Walker, 1866

Phylogenetic sequence # 930643 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 7 species of the genus Gabara in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 25 mm.

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Massachusetts to Florida, Iowa to Texas. (2)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported May to September for Florida. (2)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed the host as grass species. (2)

Print References

Walker, F., 1866. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 35 (5): 1740

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Noctuoidea of Canada - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 26 August, 2009 - 6:37pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Maury Heiman
Last updated 16 November, 2018 - 7:59am

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