Zale (moth) explained

Zale is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.

Description

Palpi 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

• 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

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Noctuidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
• Web site: Savela . Markku . Zale Hübner, 1818 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 23, 2019.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Zale+meriata&mobile=close&wep=0 "Zale meriata (Martyn, 1797)"