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North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Erebidae 931042 – 8707 – Zale metatoides McDunnough, 1943 – Washed-out Zale

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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) 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

- © 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).

- © Hugh McGuinness Montgomery County, MD

- © Hugh McGuinness Suffolk County, NY

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