Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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)
Photo#360786
Copyright © 2009
Joyce Gross
moth -
Zale lunata
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
Size: 19mm (adult)
Emerged on Dec 20, 2009. Not sure if it would have emerged this early if it had not been in my house.
Images of this individual:
tag all
Contributed by
Joyce Gross
on 25 December, 2009 - 5:14pm
Last updated 25 December, 2009 - 10:39pm
Moved
Moved from
Moths
.
…
Joyce Gross
, 25 December, 2009 - 9:21pm
Probably 8689 - Zale lunata
John Davis has one almost this dark overall. Zale lunata is the only Zale that I am aware of that almost always has the two tiny white discal spots. (no rsvp, thanks)
…
Bob Patterson
, 25 December, 2009 - 8:54pm