Moth Photographers Group – Zale lunata

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Erebidae

931023 – 8689 Zale lunata (Drury, 1773)

Lunate Zale

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Synonymy:

lunata (Drury, 1773) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 8689

ssp. a. lunata (Drury, 1773) (Phalaena) - MONA 1983: 8689

edusa (Drury, 1774) (Phalaena) (synonym of ssp. lunata)

lunatoides Strand, 1917 (Zale) (synonym of ssp. lunata)

putrescens (Guérin-Méneville, 1832) (Erebus) (synonym of ssp. lunata)

saundersi Franclemont & Todd, 1983 (Zale) emend. (synonym of ssp. lunata)

saundersii (Bethune, 1865) (Homoptera) (synonym of ssp. lunata)

ssp. b. salicis (Behr, 1870) (Homoptera)

rosae (Behr, 1870) (Homoptera) (synonym of ssp. salicis)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 44.27m, 44.28m; p. 260. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths