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Maple Zale Moth

Zale galbanata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 30, February 31, March 49, April 95, May 183, June 183, July 116, August 58, September 61, October 50, November 31, December 28.
United States3,420
Canada899
Ontario768
New York407
Texas321
Michigan222
Virginia215
Ohio183
North Carolina177
West Virginia150

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusZale Moths · Zale

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Maple Zale Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.