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Gray Spring Zale Moth

Zale submediana

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 Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 10, April 20, May 38, June 18, July 14, August 12, September 13, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States619
Canada188
Ontario161
New Jersey159
Michigan120
Maryland90
Delaware83
Massachusetts42
New York30
Quebec26

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