Male

Guadeloupe, Vieux Habitants, Vallée de la Grande Rivière, La Grivelière, 24-VII-82

Male form

Martinique, la Trinité, Presqu'île de la Caravelle, 29-VIII-84.

Female

Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, 22-VIII-65, G. Branger leg.

Zale peruncta (Guenée, 1852)

Noctuidae Catocalinae

Synonyms

Zale ustipennis (Walker)
Zale incipiens (Walker)
Zale aemona (Druce)

Systematics

E.L. Todd (1978, J. lepid. Soc., 32: 241-250) revised the species group of Z. peruncta.

Biology and distribution

Fairly common in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

St-Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, St-Lucia, St-Vincent, Grenada.
Dominican Republic (type specimen of Z. incipiens), Puerto-Rico, Virgin Is.

From Mexico to Brazil.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 88 Kb).

Similar species

Zale and Metria spp.

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