Zale is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family.
Palpi with second joint reaching vertex of head, and short third joint. Antennae of male with short fasciculate 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.
Zale aeruginosa Guenée, 1852 – Green-dusted Zale MothZale bethunei J.B. Smith, 1908 – Bethune's Zale MothZale buchholzi McDunnough, 1943 – Buchholz's Zale MothZale calycantha J.B. Smith, 1797 – Double-banded Zale MothZale chisosensis Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982Zale colorado J.B. Smith, 1908Zale confusa McDunnough, 1940Zale curema J.B. Smith, 1908 – Black-eyed Zale Moth or Northeastern Pine Zale MothZale declarans Walker, 1858Zale duplicata Bethune, 1865 – Pine False Looper Moth, Banded Similar-wing Moth, or Grey Similar-wing MothZale edusina Harvey, 1875Zale exhausta Guenée, 1852Zale fictilis Guenée, 1852Zale galbanata Morrison, 1876 – Maple Zale MothZale helata J.B. Smith, 1908 – Brown-spotted Zale MothZale horrida Hübner, 1818 – Horrid Zale MothZale insuda J.B. Smith, 1908Zale intenta (Walker, [1858])Zale lunata Drury, 1773 – Lunate Zale MothZale lunifera Hübner, 1818 – Bold-based Zale MothZale meriata
Zale metata J.B. Smith, 1908Zale metatoides McDunnough, 1943 – Washed-out Zale Moth or Jack Pine False LooperZale minerea Guenée, 1852 – Colorful Zale MothZale obliqua Guenée, 1952 – Oblique Zale MothZale obsita (Guenée, 1852)Zale perculta Franclemont, 1964 – Okefenokee Zale MothZale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)Zale phaeocapna Franclemont, 1950Zale rubi H. Edwards, 1881Zale rubiata J.B. Smith, 1908Zale rufosa Hampson, 1913Zale sabena Schaus, 1901Zale smithi Haimbach, 1928Zale squamularis Drury, 1773 – Gray-banded Zale MothZale strigimacula Guenée, 1852Zale submediana Strand, 1917– Gray Spring Zale MothZale termina Grote, 1883Zale undularis Drury, 1773 – Black Zale MothZale unilineata Grote, 1876 – One-lined Zale MothZale viridans Guenée, 1852
