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Species Zale chisosensis - Hodges#8693.1

Zale chisosensis - Hodges #8693.1 - Zale chisosensis - male Zale chisosensis
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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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