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Zale lunata
It is a medium sized erebid moth that has brown wings with a nice blue and white patches on the bottom of the wings.The moth has a nice behavior, it is to fly around happily and land flapping it's wings a couple of times.This behavior is typical for most moths that are in the family erebidae or more classified as the catocalinae.The moths caterpillars are inchworms that feed on a variety of different plants that includes, plums, maples and, willows in the area.This one was the first one i saw the whole spring and i am glad that they are there.
It was sitting on a wall and was well Camouflaged to the brick wall that is was sitting on.It was probably there because i set up an light trap the day before and it probably sat the entire night until the morning.
This specimen has a form called edusa.This form is the most stunning from the colors ranging from blue to a creme white.I got some information from the website dallasbutterflies.com that aims on recording species from around the DFW.
Spotted on Apr 21, 2020
Submitted on Apr 21, 2020
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