Gnophaela latipennis
| Gnophaela latipennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Gnophaela |
| Species: | G. latipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnophaela latipennis (Boisduval, 1852)[1] | |
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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.[2]
The length of the forewings is 26 mm. The fore- and hindwings are black with few large translucent greenish yellow spots. Adults are on wing from late May to early August.[3]
The larvae feed on Cynoglossum grande, Cynoglossum occidentale, Hackelia californica, Mertensia and Myosotis species.[4] They are black with lateral yellow patches and they are densely covered with hair tufts. The species overwinters as a second instar larva.