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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library
Erebidae
9310428707Zale metatoides McDunnough, 1943 – Washed-out Zale
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
  • McDunnough, J.H., 1943. Notes and descriptions of North American Geometridae (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 75(11): 211-218.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths

Zale metatoides
- © Hugh McGuinness
Suffolk County, NY, May 24, 2009.

"accular processes subequal in length: left side recurved to almost 90° with chisel shaped tip; right side, thick, slightly curved, triangular apex..." (H. McGuinness, in litt., 2024).


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