Zale minerea

Species of moth

Zale minerea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Zale
Species:
Z. minerea
Binomial name
Zale minerea
(Guenee, 1852)

Zale minerea, the colorful zale, large false looper or mahogany similar-wing, is an owlet moths in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Zale minerea is 8697.[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

  • Zale minerea minerea
  • Zale minerea norda Smith, 1909

References

  1. ^ "Zale minerea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Zale minerea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Zale minerea". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. Bibcode:2015ZooK..527..127L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
  • Media related to Zale minerea at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Zale minerea


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