Zale obliqua

Description

The oblique zale (Zale obliqua) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in barrens and pine woodlands from Ohio to southern Maine, south to northern Florida, Mississippi and Texas. The wingspan is 36–40 mm. Adults are on wing in late March in south-eastern North Carolina and in early summer from New Jersey northward. There is one generation from New Jersey north. From eastern Maryland to north-eastern North Carolina southward there are two generations. They feed on pitch pine in the north and probably loblolly, pond, and longleaf pine in the south.