A Zale submediana in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/20/2014).
A Zale submediana in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/17/2015). Determined by Paul John and Hugh McGuinness.
Zale submediana in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Zale submediana.
Zale submediana in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
Zale submediana in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Description
"Z. metatoides is smaller, browner, and more "washed-out"; submediana is larger, grayer (with a purple sheen), and more heavily marked" (Paul John/Mothing and Moth-watching, FaceBook).
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A Zale submediana in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/20/2014).
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A Zale submediana in Worcester Co., Maryland (4/17/2015). Determined by Paul John and Hugh McGuinness.
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Scott Housten.
Zale submediana in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/13/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Zale submediana.
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John Glaser.
Zale submediana in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Hugh McGuinness.
Zale submediana in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Zale |
| Species: | Z. submediana
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| Binomial name | |
| Zale submediana Strand, 1917
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Zale submediana, the gray spring zale, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Embrik Strand in 1917. It is found in the US from Wisconsin to Maine, south to New Jersey and in mountains to North Carolina.
The wingspan is about 39 mm. There is one generation over much of range. The species is listed as being of special concern and is believed to be extirpated from Connecticut.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- "931037.00 – 8702 – Zale submediana – Strand, 1917". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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