Zale is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
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| Bold-based zale (Zale lunifera) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Omopterini |
| Genus: | Zale Hübner, 1818 |
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Description
editPalpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae of male with short fasciculate (bundled) cilia. Metathorax with a slight tuft. Abdomen with prominent dorsal tufts. Tibia of male heavily hairy. Mid tibia spined. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first two pairs aborted or rudimentary.[1]
Species
edit- Zale aeruginosa Guenée, 1852 – green-dusted zale moth
- Zale bethunei J. B. Smith, 1908 – Bethune's zale moth
- Zale buchholzi McDunnough, 1943 – Buchholz's zale moth
- Zale calycantha J. E. Smith, 1797 – double-banded zale moth
- Zale chisosensis Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982
- Zale colorado J. B. Smith, 1908
- Zale confusa McDunnough, 1940
- Zale curema J. B. Smith, 1908 – black-eyed zale moth or northeastern pine zale moth
- Zale declarans Walker, 1858
- Zale duplicata Bethune, 1865 – pine false looper moth, banded similar-wing moth, or grey similar-wing moth
- Zale edusina Harvey, 1875
- Zale exhausta Guenée, 1852
- Zale fictilis Guenée, 1852
- Zale galbanata Morrison, 1876 – maple zale moth
- Zale helata J. B. Smith, 1908 – brown-spotted zale moth
- Zale horrida Hübner, 1818 – horrid zale moth
- Zale insuda J. B. Smith, 1908
- Zale intenta (Walker, [1858])
- Zale lunata Drury, 1773 – lunate zale moth
- Zale lunifera Hübner, 1818 – bold-based zale moth
- Zale meriata (Martyn, 1797)[2]
- Zale metata J. B. Smith, 1908
- Zale metatoides McDunnough, 1943 – washed-out zale moth or jack pine false looper
- Zale minerea Guenée, 1852 – colorful zale moth
- Zale obliqua Guenée, 1952 – oblique zale moth
- Zale obsita (Guenée, 1852)
- Zale perculta Franclemont, 1964 – Okefenokee zale moth
- Zale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)
- Zale phaeocapna Franclemont, 1950
- Zale rubi H. Edwards, 1881
- Zale rubiata J. B. Smith, 1908
- Zale rufosa Hampson, 1913
- Zale sabena Schaus, 1901
- Zale smithi Haimbach, 1928
- Zale squamularis Drury, 1773 – gray-banded zale moth
- Zale strigimacula Guenée, 1852
- Zale submediana Strand, 1917– gray spring zale moth
- Zale termina Grote, 1883
- Zale undularis Drury, 1773 – black zale moth
- Zale unilineata Grote, 1876 – one-lined zale moth
- Zale viridans Guenée, 1852
References
edit- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "Zale meriata (Martyn, 1797)". Discover Life. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Zale Hübner, 1818". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 23, 2019.