Gabara subnivosella

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Scolecocampinae
Genus: Gabara
Species: G. subnivosella
Binomial name
Gabara subnivosella
Walker, 1866
Synonyms
  • Gabara nivealis (J. B. Smith, 1903)
  • Gabara subnivosella bipuncta

The Wet Sand Savannah Moth (Gabara subnivosella) is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species is found from Manitoba south to Maryland, Massachusetts and New York.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

Adults are extremely variable in colour and maculation. The colour ranges from nearly white to dark-grey and immaculate to specimens with a central nearly black streak across the width of the forewing.


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