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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
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Moth - Zale
Copyright © 2014 margarethe brummermann

Moth - Zale
Pena Blanca Canyon, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
August 30, 2014
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 31 August, 2014 - 3:45pm
Last updated 3 August, 2017 - 2:09pm

Moved to genus
Moved from Zale viridans.

Zale viridans is extralimital. TX reports refer to Z. strigimacula and Z. sp. nr. strigimacula. (FL reports refer to Z. sp. nr. erilda.) Without dissection or DNA, specimens cannot be identified to species in the Z. strigimacula group.
… Steve Nanz, 3 August, 2017 - 2:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Zale.

Tentative placement pending the solving of the taxonomic issues. I realize this is way out of the expected range, but it surely looks like it to me.
… A. Hendrickson, 18 July, 2015 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tony Leukering, 2 September, 2014 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Possible ID
Lunate Zale (Zale lunata). They have a wide range and they can be different shades of brown. They have a pretty unique shape in comparison to the other moth species I've seen. To me they give the impression of looking like bark or tree rings or something.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 1 September, 2014 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

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