title: Zale (moth)
text: # Zale (moth)
  
  Zale is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
  
  ## Description
  
  Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae of male with short fasciculate (bundled) cilia. Metathorax with a slight tuft. Abdomen with prominent dorsal tufts. Tibia of male heavily hairy. Mid tibia spined. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs, where the first two pairs aborted or rudimentary.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Zale aeruginosa Guenée, 1852 – green-dusted zale moth
  * Zale bethunei J. B. Smith, 1908 – Bethune's zale moth
  * Zale buchholzi McDunnough, 1943 – Buchholz's zale moth
  * Zale calycantha J. E. Smith, 1797 – double-banded zale moth
  * Zale chisosensis Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982
  * Zale colorado J. B. Smith, 1908
  * Zale confusa McDunnough, 1940
  * Zale curema J. B. Smith, 1908 – black-eyed zale moth or northeastern pine zale moth
  * Zale declarans Walker, 1858
  * Zale duplicata Bethune, 1865 – pine false looper moth, banded similar-wing moth, or grey similar-wing moth
  * Zale edusina Harvey, 1875
  * Zale exhausta Guenée, 1852
  * Zale fictilis Guenée, 1852
  * Zale galbanata Morrison, 1876 – maple zale moth
  * Zale helata J. B. Smith, 1908 – brown-spotted zale moth
  * Zale horrida Hübner, 1818 – horrid zale moth
  * Zale insuda J. B. Smith, 1908
  * Zale intenta (Walker, [1858])
  * Zale lunata Drury, 1773 – lunate zale moth
  * Zale lunifera Hübner, 1818 – bold-based zale moth
  * Zale meriata (Martyn, 1797)
  * Zale metata J. B. Smith, 1908
  * Zale metatoides McDunnough, 1943 – washed-out zale moth or jack pine false looper
  * Zale minerea Guenée, 1852 – colorful zale moth
  * Zale obliqua Guenée, 1952 – oblique zale moth
  * Zale obsita (Guenée, 1852)
  * Zale perculta Franclemont, 1964 – Okefenokee zale moth
  * Zale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)
  * Zale phaeocapna Franclemont, 1950
  * Zale rubi H. Edwards, 1881
  * Zale rubiata J. B. Smith, 1908
  * Zale rufosa Hampson, 1913
  * Zale sabena Schaus, 1901
  * Zale smithi Haimbach, 1928
  * Zale squamularis Drury, 1773 – gray-banded zale moth
  * Zale strigimacula Guenée, 1852
  * Zale submediana Strand, 1917– gray spring zale moth
  * Zale termina Grote, 1883
  * Zale undularis Drury, 1773 – black zale moth
  * Zale unilineata Grote, 1876 – one-lined zale moth
  * Zale viridans Guenée, 1852
  