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Oblique Zale Moth

Zale obliqua

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) snowcatscradle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 6, February 7, March 6, April 10, May 10, June 6, July 15, August 5, September 6, October 6, November 4, December 5.
United States721
North Carolina75
Texas69
Massachusetts67
New Jersey63
Maryland58
Louisiana56
Mississippi50
Delaware49
Canada39

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