Species Zale chisosensis - Hodges#8693.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Zale chisosensis - Hodges #8693.1 - Zale chisosensis - male

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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 chisosensis (Zale chisosensis - Hodges#8693.1)

Hodges Number

8693.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zale chisosensis Blanchard(1) & Franclemont, 1982 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931028

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 39 species of the genus Zale species in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Blanchard & Franclemont (1982) reported a wingspan of 23-25 mm. (2)

Range

Western Texas to Arizona.

Holotype ♂, Mount Locke, 6700', Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States, 10-VI-1969. (4)

See Also

Zale undularis

Print References

Blanchard, A. & J.G. Franclemont, 1982. A new species of Zale Hubner from Texas and New Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 84: 134-137, figs. 1-3.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	André Blanchard (1896- 1986) Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.

2.	A new species of Zale (Hubner) from Texas and New Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). André Blanchard, John G. Franclemont. 1982. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 84: 134-137.

3.	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 .

4.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 July, 2013 - 11:32am
Last updated 9 January, 2014 - 1:29pm

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