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Black-eyed Zale Moth

Zale curema

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Wildlife photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) David George, CC-BY

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 2, February 2, March 3, April 5, May 7, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 3, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States146
Pennsylvania38
Massachusetts34
New York26
North Carolina13
New Jersey8
Georgia7
Connecticut7
South Carolina4
New Hampshire3

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

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