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Zale minerea

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ13517555 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zale minerea, the colorful zale, large false looper or mahogany similar-wing, is an owlet moths in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Zale minerea is 8697.

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The public source identifies “Zale minerea” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zale, minerea and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1852—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Zale, minerea and species providing the first useful test.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13517555. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1852.

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This entry incorporates text from “Zale minerea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.