Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnophaela clappiana Holland, 1891
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Phylogenetic sequence # 930352
Numbers
Gnophaela includes five species in America north of Mexico.
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(3) Size
Forewing length 21-25 mm.
(3)Identification
Forewing is much less marked than the other
Gnophaela species in North America. Abdomen is iridescent blue.
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Comstock (1937) description of the larva is in PDF.
(4)Range
Arizona and New Mexico to Colorado.
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Holland described the species from specimens collected at Williams River, Colorado.
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported adults fly late July to early August.
(3)Food
Comstock (1937) did not identify the plant that the larvae were collected on.
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Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larval host is unknown.
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Adults are
diurnal and take nectar from blooms.
Print References
Comstock, J.A. 1937. Miscellaneous notes on western Lepidoptera. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences.Miscellaneo, 36(3):
120.
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Holland, W.J. 1903. The Butterfly Book; A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America, 2(1):
290, plate 35, fig. 1.
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Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 48.3; p. 271.
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