Zale sp., photographed at Monroe Canyon (Gilbert-Baker WMA), about 5.5 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska on May 28, 2024.
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Zale sp., photographed at Monroe Canyon (Gilbert-Baker WMA), about 5.5 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska on May 28, 2024.
Colorful Zale - Zale minerea (Hodges 8697)
Trip Leader's observation:
www.inaturalist.org/observations/233435036
Also posted at:
bugguide.net/node/view/2388677
References
- Beadle and Leckie, Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America (Houghton Mifflin, 2012), 360-1
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/32763
- Covell, Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths (Houghton Mifflin, 1984), p. 166, plate 37(12)
- MPG mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8697
Lodi Township
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Lodi Township
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Green-dusted Zale - Zale aeruginosa (Hodges 8694, wingspan 35-42 mm)
I *love* the color scheme on this moth, a new one for me. Moths of North Carolina notes that larvae may feed on blueberry (Vaccinium sp.) in addition to oaks as reported in most sources.
References
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/32823
- Covell, Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths (Houghton Mifflin, 1984), p. 166, plate 37(15)
- Moth Photographer's Group mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8694
- Moths of North Carolina auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/moths/view.php?MONA_number=8694
Not sure exactly which species this is. It's pretty!
Sussex County, New Jersey
Lodi Township, Washtenaw County, MI
Wichita Falls, Texas
Saw this moth in open Longleaf Pine woodland. I could never get a look at the hindwing. Looks like Erebidae, maybe an underwing. Also uploaded at:
bugguide.net/node/view/2341810
Update. Nope. A Zale, see comments here and on BugGuide.
Compare as per suggestions below:
Pine Barrens Zale - Zale lunifera (Hodges number 8713)
References
- BugGuide bugguide.net/node/view/3123
Compare the similar
Bold-Based Zale - Zale intenta (Hodges number 8713.1)
bugguide.net/node/view/576968
Comments there:
"Zale lunifera was split into two species in 2010. The name "lunifera" applies to a species restricted to scrub oak barrens east and south of the Appalachians, while the common widespread species is now called Zale intenta."
This was certainly the right habitat for Z. lunifera--very much a pine barrens with various dry soil oaks.
Lodi Township, Washtenaw County, MI
Lodi Township, Washtenaw County, MI
