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Gray-banded Zale Moth

Zale squamularis

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 8, February 8, March 10, April 17, May 28, June 10, July 8, August 10, September 13, October 15, November 8, December 8.
United States390
New Jersey144
Maryland39
Delaware33
North Carolina33
South Carolina21
Tennessee17
Pennsylvania15
Georgia13
New York13

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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