''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
Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.
Biography
Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.
He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...
in 1852. It is found in North America.
[
The MONA or ]Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering system for North American moths found north of Mexico in the Continental United States and Canada, as well as the island of Greenl ...
for ''Zale minerea'' is 8697.[
]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:
* ''Zale minerea minerea''
* ''Zale minerea norda'' Smith, 1909
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Moths described in 1852
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