Species
Gnophaela latipennis (Wild forget-me-not moth)
Gnophaela latipennis. Photo: (c) Belinda Lo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Gnophaela latipennis, the Wild Forget-me-not Moth, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It was described by Boisduval in 1852. It is found in Oregon and California. The habitat consists of open mixed hardwood-conifer forests, oak woodlands and open riparian areas near creeks, as well as in open ponderosa pine forests and mountain meadows.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
- Family: Erebidae (Underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)
- Subfamily: Arctiinae (Tiger moths and allies)
- Tribe: Arctiini (Tiger moths)
- Subtribe: Pericopina
- Genus: Gnophaela
- Species: Gnophaela latipennis (Wild forget-me-not moth)
- Genus: Gnophaela
- Subtribe: Pericopina
- Tribe: Arctiini (Tiger moths)
- Subfamily: Arctiinae (Tiger moths and allies)
- Family: Erebidae (Underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)
- Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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