Biology:Colobochyla

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Short description: Genus of moths

Colobochyla
Colobochyla salicalis.jpg
Colobochyla salicalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Colobochyla
Hübner, [1825]

Colobochyla is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae of Erebidae or the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae.[1] The genus is tentatively classified in the Hypeninae but needs further phylogenetic analysis to determine its proper subfamily placement.[2]

Species

  • Colobochyla interpuncta (Grote, 1872) – swamp belle moth, yellow-lined owlet
  • Colobochyla mabillealis (Viette, 1954)
  • Colobochyla platizona (Lederer, 1870)
  • Colobochyla saalmuelleralis (Viette, 1954)
  • Colobochyla salicalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – lesser belle moth
  • Colobochyla similis Warren, 1915

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5147818 entry