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Erebidae 931032 – 8697   Zale minerea (Guenée, 1852)              Colorful Zale

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: minerea (Guenée, 1852) (Homoptera) - MONA 1983: 8697 ssp. a. minerea (Guenée, 1852) (Homoptera) - MONA 1983: 8697  albofasciata (Bethune, 1865) (Homoptera) (synonym of ssp. minerea)  involuta (Walker, 1858) (Homoptera) (synonym of ssp. minerea)  lineosa (Walker, 1858) (Homoptera) (synonym of ssp. minerea)  minereoides Strand, 1917 (Zale) (synonym of ssp. minerea) ssp. b. norda (Smith, 1908) (Phaeocyma)  mexicana Haimbach, 1928 (Zale) (synonym of ssp. norda)  minereana Strand, 1917 (Zale) (synonym of ssp. norda)  minereella Strand, 1917 (Zale) (synonym of ssp. norda)

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) Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths

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