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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 » Zale obliqua - Hodges#8699 (Zale obliqua)
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Zale obliqua or squamularis ? - Zale obliqua
Copyright © 2018 Peter Homann

Zale obliqua or squamularis ? - Zale obliqua
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
May 7, 2018
Size: Wingspread ≈40mm
Same individual but photo taken in full sun. I observed a similar shift from grayish to brownish with the same type moth another case here when I changed from daylight to a light flash for illumination. This change of appearance may not be surprising if structural coloration causes the blue hue seen in diffuse ambient light.

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Contributed by Peter Homann on 26 May, 2018 - 3:33pm
Last updated 27 July, 2021 - 3:24pm

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