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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Zale » Zale rubiata - Hodges#8710 (Zale rubiata)

Species Zale rubiata - Hodges#8710

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

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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 rubiata (Zale rubiata - Hodges#8710)

Hodges Number

8710

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zale rubiata (Smith, 1908)

Phaeocyma rubiata Smith, 1908 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence #931045 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for its relationship with Zale rubi (Edwards).

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 39 species of the genus Zale species in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 33-38 mm. (1)

Identification

Smith (1908) original description linked below in print references. (1)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

See Also

Zale rubi - is gray, and has no obvious red or yellow shadings at all. Z. rubiata is always of some shade of dull yellow-brown and has a peculiar dead flat tint. (1)

Zale colorado has a reniform that is typically a solid dark brown without a pale outer line and the ST area area has a pale section just before it widens and meets the costa. (1)

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1908. A revision of some species of Noctuidae heretofore referred to the genus Homoptera (Boisduval). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35: 265-266. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

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 .

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 4 April, 2011 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 7 January, 2023 - 8:52pm

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