Green-dusted Zale Moth
Zale aeruginosa Guenée, 1852
Green-dusted Zale Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7424
Synonyms
Hodges #8694 
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63 Records

Description

"Forewings blackish-brown to coal black, variably dusted with pale green or whitish speckles mostly beyond AM line, and in ST and terminal areas; lines fine, black, lower ST line heaviest" (BugGuide).

Relationships

Host plants include White Oak (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Zale aeruginosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Omopterini
Genus: Zale
Species:
Z. aeruginosa
Binomial name
Zale aeruginosa
(Guenée, 1852)

Zale aeruginosa, the green-dusted zale, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Zale aeruginosa is 8694.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Zale aeruginosa report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Zale aeruginosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Zale aeruginosa". Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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