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Genus Zaleops

Zaleops paresa - Hodges # 8678 - Zaleops umbrina

Zaleops umbrina - Hodges #8677 - Zaleops umbrina

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Zaleops

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zaleops Hampson, 1926; Descr. New Genera and Species of Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus.: 14

Numbers

2 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan 30-35 mm, based on several Internet photos

Identification

Adult: wings mostly dark brownish-gray to blackish in Z. paresa; orangish-brown with dark brown bands in Z. umbrina

Range

Arizona to Texas

Season

adults fly in July and August

Internet References

pinned adult images of both species plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult images of Z. umbrina and Z. paresa (Northern Arizona U.)

pinned adult images of Z. umbrina (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

pinned adult images of Z. umbrina plus dates and collection site map (All-Leps)

pinned adult images of Z. umbrina (Harvard U., Massachusetts)

presence in Texas; list of both species (Dale Clark, Texas)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 August, 2007 - 7:50am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 July, 2012 - 11:19pm

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