Zale (moth)
# Zale (moth)

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 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)
* 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
