Zale buchholzi, or Buchholz's zale, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1943. It is found in coastal pinelands of the Atlantic coastal plain from New Jersey to Florida, west along the Gulf Coast to Texas.

Buchholz's zale
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Zale
Species:
Z. buchholzi
Binomial name
Zale buchholzi

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on pitch pine and pond pine in New Jersey. Larvae have also been recorded on loblolly and longleaf pine in the south.

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  • "931041.00 – 8706 – Zale buchholzi – McDunnough, 1943". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  • "Buchholz's Zale (Zale buchholzi)". Forest Pests. Archived October 31, 2007.