Species Zale strigimacula - Hodges#8686

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Zale strigimacula - Hodges#8686 - Zale strigimacula

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Zale

Species strigimacula (Zale strigimacula - Hodges#8686)

Hodges Number

8686

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852)

* phylogentic sequence #931019

Explanation of Names

Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852), known only from southern TX and south, is returned to the list (Schmidt & Lafontaine, per. comm., 8/1/2017) after having previously been removed in Lafontaine & Schmidt 2015. The identity of this species is tentatively fixed based in part on type locality. (It is possible that 8686.2 Zale sp. nr. strigimacula is true Z. strigimacula, however, that species is unknown from Brazil.) Reports from TX of Z. obsita, an extralimital species now removed from the list, originally described from Brazil and also recorded from the Galapagos, refer to this species or to 8686.2 Zale sp. nr. strigimacula. Reports of Z. strigimacula from FL refer to 8685 Zale sp. nr. erilda, an undescribed species seemingly related to Z. erilda from Puerto Rico. (Z. strigimacula is tentatively represented at BOLD in BIN BOLD:AAD0033 under the name Z. strigimacula.)

See Also

Female is very similar to females of Z. lunata and Z. fictilis, probably inseparable from photos alone.

Print References

Knudson & Bordelon, 2004. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Darwin Fountation Galapagos Species Checklist

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 31 July, 2017 - 12:31pm
Last updated 1 September, 2017 - 12:18pm

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