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Green-dusted Zale Moth

Zale aeruginosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 12, March 18, April 36, May 69, June 40, July 24, August 22, September 23, October 19, November 12, December 11.
United States1,473
Canada643
Ontario291
Quebec237
New York164
Massachusetts158
North Carolina139
Michigan111
Tennessee98
Connecticut82

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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