Apamea gabrieli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Apamea
Species:
A. gabrieli
Binomial name
Apamea gabrieli
Mikkola and Mustelin, 2000

Apamea gabrieli is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described in 2000 from a specimen collected in the San Gabriel Mountains near Big Pines in Los Angeles County, California. It is not named for the mountains themselves, but for their eponym, Gabriel.[1] It is also known from the San Bernardino Mountains.[1]

The wingspan is up to 48.5 millimeters. The forewings are brownish red and the hindwings are buff.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mustelin, T., et al. 2000. Two new genera and thirteen new species of owlet moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) mainly from southern California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society for Natural History 36: 1–18.


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