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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Zale » Lunate Zale - Hodges#8689 (Zale lunata)
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Noctuidae - Zale lunata
Copyright © 2012 Katy Emde

Noctuidae - Zale lunata
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
February 28, 2012

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Mystery Caterpillar, Noctuidae? - Zale lunata Noctuidae - Zale lunata
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Contributed by Katy Emde on 3 March, 2012 - 11:37pm
Last updated 20 March, 2012 - 2:20am

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… Mark Fox, 19 March, 2012 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 19 March, 2012 - 7:14pm login or register to post comments

Good shot
The frons is skinny and tall (the area in the middle of the head, in yours it is purplish and sort of shaped like a childs drawing of a house) and according to the book I'm looking at, that is diagnostic for deciding between the lunate zale (Zale lunata) and the colorful zale (Zale minerea).
… Mark Fox, 17 March, 2012 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you to everyone who helped with the identification.
… Katy Emde, 20 March, 2012 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

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