Zale confusa

Zale confusa, the confused zale moth, is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1940.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

Zale confusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Zale
Species:	Z. confusa
Binomial name
Zale confusa McDunnough, 1940

The MONA or Hodges number for Zale confusa is 8701.[3][4][5]

References

1. "Zale confusa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
2. "Zale confusa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
3. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
4. "Zale confusa, Hodges 8701". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
5. Homziak N, Hopkins H, Miller KB (2015). "Revision of the genus Heteranassa Smith, 1899 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Omopterini)". ZooKeys 527: 31-49.

• Crabo L, Davis M, Hammond P, Mustelin T, Shepard J (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys 264: 85-123.
• Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1-239.
• Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Taxonomic reassessment of Zale lunifera (Hübner) (Erebidae, Erebinae)". ZooKeys. 39: 99–106. doi:10.3897/zookeys.39.431.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.