Photo Galleries: Three Dimensional Lepidoptera Genitalia
Photo Gallery: Noctuidae: Erebinae: Zale
Male genitalia images for dissection
voucher specimen 2016HLK:2373 of Zale strigimacula
Version 2016.1 by Hugo Kons Jr.
Genitalia were dissected and images taken by Hugo L. Kons Jr. with the GT Vision imaging system at the former American Entomological Institute and/or the Automontage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Entomology. All structures are the natural three dimensional shape (not slide mounted) except for the juxta/anellus and abdominal cuticle (temporarily slide mounted for imaging).
Adult
TX Zapata County: Falcon State Park, bait trap, 4 June 2003;
Hugo L. Kons Jr. & Robert J. Borth
Capsule
(ventral with hairs and scales)
Capsule
(ventral)
Capsule
(dorsal)
Capsule
(lateral)
Valvae (inner)
Valvae (outer)
Valvae (ventral)
Juxta & Anellus
(ventral, flattened on slide)
Uncus & Tegumen
(lateral)
Uncus (lateral)
Uncus (posterior)
Phallus
Phallus
with vesica everted
Vesica (with hood above)
Vesica (with hood above, slanted up)
Vesica (lateral, with hood on bottom)
Vesica (with hood below)
Vesica (lateral, with hood on top)
Vesica (anterior side)
Ductus Ejaculatorius
Rectum
and Intestine
Abdominal
Tergites (excluding terminal segment)
Abdominal
Sternites (excluding terminal segment)
Abdomen
terminal segment (tergite on left, sternite on right)
Abdomen
terminal tergite
Abdomen
terminal sternite
