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One-lined Zale Moth

Zale unilineata

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

28 photos

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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 13, February 13, March 21, April 40, May 77, June 36, July 27, August 25, September 26, October 21, November 13, December 12.
United States1,317
Canada479
Ontario325
New York292
Massachusetts145
Quebec127
North Carolina94
Pennsylvania91
Connecticut84
West Virginia76

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