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Erebid Moth

Zale exhausta

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Large Erebid (Noctuid) Moth with a 4.5 cm wingspan.

Habitat:

Came to the parking lights of a shopping mall, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

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Species ID Suggestions

Exhausta Moth

Zale exhausta

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Zale Moth

Zale sp.

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Comments (4)
bayucca
I will come back to delete the Zale sp. ID, I cannot delete it on my iPad.
bayucca
OK, got it. It is Zale exhausta. http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_CAM7001&res=640
bayucca
Erebidae, Erebinae, Ophiusini, Zale sp., not Zale lunata, but I can't get closer. Need anyway verification! On bugguide I did not find an appropiate match, so it might be a neotropical species. http://www.lepsoc.org/what_is_it_help_others.php Scroll down.

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PublishedMay 30, 2013

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