Gnophaela vermiculata (Grote, [1864])

Moraes, Simeão de Souza, Freitas, André Victor Lucci & Silva-Brandão, Karina Lucas, 2025, Illustrated catalogue of Pericopina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in the Museum of Nature Hamburg – Zoology, Evolutionary Systematics 9 (1), pp. 123-134 : 123-134

Gnophaela vermiculata (Grote, [1864])

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Remarks.

This species shows no sexual dimorphism, and is distributed mainly in

North America. Immature stages were reared by Bruce (1888) and Whitehouse (1921) in Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link, 1829. L’Empereur et al. (1989) recorded the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in adults of G. vermiculata .

Material examined.

2 males, USA; 1 female, USA; 1 female Mexico.

Figures

Figure 2. Habitus of pericopine moths, dorsal view. A. Dysschema sacrifica (Hu ̈ bner, [1831]), male (ZMH 0840050); B. Dysschema sacrifica (Hu ̈ bner, [1831]), female (ZMH 0840050); C. Dysschema subapicalis (Walker, 1854), male (ZMH 0840052); D. Dysschema terminata (Gue ́ rin-Me ́ neville, 1844), male (ZMH 0840042); E. Dysschema thetis (Klug, 1836), male (ZMH 0896500); F. Dysschema tricolora (Sulzer, 1776), female (ZMH 0840041); G. Gnophaela vermiculata (Grote [1864]) (ZMH 0840366); H. Hyalurga fenestra (Linnaeus, 1758), male (ZMH 0840057); I. Hyalurga fenestrata (Walker, 1855), female (ZMH 0861006); J. Hyalurga sora (Boisduval, 1870), male (ZMH - 0840363); K. Hypocrita fenestraria (Fabricius, 1775) (ZMH 0840362); L. Eucyane dejanira (Druce, 1895) (ZMH 0840360); M. Hypocrita plagifera (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1862) (ZMH 0840361); N. Isostola divisa (Walker, 1854) (ZMH 0840364); O. Phaloe cruenta (Hübner, 1823) (ZMH 0840053); P. Phaloesia saucia Walker, 1854 (ZMH 0840365); Q. Notophyson tiresias (Cramer, 1776), female (ZMH 0840056); R. Sthenognatha gentilis (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1874) (ZMH 0896537).