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Hazel Zale Moth

Zale phaeocapna

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 New York.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 15, May 26, June 13, July 9, August 9, September 10, October 9, November 6, December 6.
United States603
New York124
Canada86
Ontario69
Massachusetts60
North Carolina43
Mississippi40
Pennsylvania38
Connecticut33
Alabama25

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