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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 » Maple Zale Moth - Hodges#8692 (Zale galbanata)
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Erebidae - Zale galbanata
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Erebidae - Zale galbanata
Jani Wood, Jefferson County, Iowa, USA
July 25, 2018
found under bark
May 28, 2019: missed the adult emergence, found it dead on substrate
I did not look close enough when checking jars, it blended into the background.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 11 January, 2019 - 5:29pm
Last updated 4 June, 2019 - 7:58am

Moved
Moved from Zale.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 January, 2019 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths and kin.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 January, 2019 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Zale. What speci
Looks like a Zale. What species of tree was it on?
… jim sogaard, 12 January, 2019 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
OK,
more like a dead tree stump.
I don't know the tree species although at the time I wrote down Boxelder.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 January, 2019 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
If there was boxelder nearby,
If there was boxelder nearby, might be Zale galbanata but only a guess.
… jim sogaard, 12 January, 2019 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Pretty good guess I think.
Comparing it to this one

there are enough details that appear to match that I'll go with it.
If an adult emerges, always iffy, that could verify it.
THANKS.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 January, 2019 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

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