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Brown-spotted Zale Moth

Zale helata

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 17, February 16, March 22, April 39, May 67, June 33, July 25, August 22, September 26, October 24, November 16, December 15.
United States1,583
Canada416
New York322
Ontario298
Massachusetts269
New Jersey131
Maryland117
Michigan96
Quebec86
North Carolina78

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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