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.
Species
- Zale aeruginosa <small>Guen̩e, 1852</small> Рgreen-dusted zale moth
- Zale bethunei <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small> – Bethune's zale moth
- Zale buchholzi <small>McDunnough, 1943</small> – Buchholz's zale moth
- Zale calycantha <small>J. E. Smith, 1797</small> – double-banded zale moth
- Zale chisosensis <small>Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982</small>
- Zale colorado <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small>
- Zale confusa <small>McDunnough, 1940</small>
- Zale curema <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small> – black-eyed zale moth or northeastern pine zale moth
- Zale declarans <small>Walker, 1858</small>
- Zale duplicata <small>Bethune, 1865</small> – pine false looper moth, banded similar-wing moth, or grey similar-wing moth
- Zale edusina <small>Harvey, 1875</small>
- Zale exhausta <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Zale fictilis <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Zale galbanata <small>Morrison, 1876</small> – maple zale moth
- Zale helata <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small> – brown-spotted zale moth
- Zale horrida <small>Hübner, 1818</small> – horrid zale moth
- Zale insuda <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small>
- Zale intenta <small>(Walker, [1858])</small>
- Zale lunata <small>Drury, 1773</small> – lunate zale moth
- Zale lunifera <small>Hübner, 1818</small> – bold-based zale moth
- Zale meriata <small>(Martyn, 1797)</small>
- Zale metata <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small>
- Zale metatoides <small>McDunnough, 1943</small> – washed-out zale moth or jack pine false looper
- Zale minerea <small>Guen̩e, 1852</small> Рcolorful zale moth
- Zale obliqua <small>Guen̩e, 1952</small> Рoblique zale moth
- Zale obsita <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Zale perculta <small>Franclemont, 1964</small> – Okefenokee zale moth
- Zale peruncta <small>(Guenée, 1852)</small>
- Zale phaeocapna <small>Franclemont, 1950</small>
- Zale rubi <small>H. Edwards, 1881</small>
- Zale rubiata <small>J. B. Smith, 1908</small>
- Zale rufosa <small>Hampson, 1913</small>
- Zale sabena <small>Schaus, 1901</small>
- Zale smithi <small>Haimbach, 1928</small>
- Zale squamularis <small>Drury, 1773</small> – gray-banded zale moth
- Zale strigimacula <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
- Zale submediana <small>Strand, 1917</small>– gray spring zale moth
- Zale termina <small>Grote, 1883</small>
- Zale undularis <small>Drury, 1773</small> – black zale moth
- Zale unilineata <small>Grote, 1876</small> – one-lined zale moth
- Zale viridans <small>Guenée, 1852</small>
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