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Genus Zale

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Lunate Zale - Zale lunata Which Zale? - Zale edusina Zale declarans brown and white moth - Zale galbanata Zale - Zale lunata Zale metatoides - Washed-out Zale - Zale metatoides Zale duplicata? - Zale Owlet Moth - Zale lunata
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zale Hübner, 1818
synonyms
Phaeocyma Hübner, 1818
Omoptera Guerin-Meneville, 1832
Homoptera Guenée, 1852 (1)
Ypsia Guenée, 1852
Nephelina Kirby, 1897
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 39 species of the genus Zale species in America north of Mexico. (2)
Remarks
Zale caterpillars are exceptionally muscular and are capable of hurling themselves from their perch when alarmed (Forbes, 1954)
Works Cited
1.A revision of some species of Noctuidae heretofore referred to the genus Homoptera (Boisduval)
John B. Smith. 1908. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35: 209-275.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 10:04pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 January, 2014 - 1:09pm

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