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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Erebinae » Ophiusini » Zale » Bold-based Zale - Hodges#8713 (Zale lunifera)

Species Zale lunifera - Bold-based Zale - Hodges#8713

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Ophiusini
Genus Zale
Species lunifera (Bold-based Zale - Hodges#8713)
Hodges Number
8713
Size
Wingspan 3.7-4.5cm (1)
Range
Throughout the Eastern US (1)
Season
Flies April-May and July-August (1)
Food
Black cherry and white pine (1)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 3 April, 2004 - 10:04pm
Additional contributions by Ron M.
Last updated 1 July, 2009 - 12:08am

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