Zale duplicata, the pine false looper zale, pine false looper, banded similar-wing or grey similar-wing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles J. S. Bethune in 1865. It is found in woodlands and forests from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to the mountains of Georgia and Texas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Zale |
| Species: | Z. duplicata
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| Zale duplicata (Bethune, 1865)
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The wingspan is 34–36 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to June in Alberta. There is one generation per year.
Subspecies
edit- Zale duplicata duplicata
- Zale duplicata largera (J. B. Smith, 1908)
External links
edit- "931038.00 – 8703 – Zale duplicata – Pine False Looper Moth – (Bethune, 1865)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- Murray, Tom (June 27, 2012). "Species Zale duplicata - Pine False Looper Zale - Hodges#8703". BugGuide. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
- Anweiler, G. G. (November 19, 2003). "Species Details Zale duplicata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- "Pine False Looper (Zale duplicata)". Forest Pests. Archived October 31, 2007. With larval stage info.
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