Zale (moth)
| Zale | |
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| Bold-based Zale (Zale lunifera) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Tribe: | Omopterini |
| Genus: | Zale Hübner, 1818 |
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Description
Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae of male with short fasciculate 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.B. 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
- 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
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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