Colobochyla
Colobochyla is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
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| Colobochyla salicalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypeninae |
| Genus: | Colobochyla Hübner, [1825] |
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
- "Phytometrinae". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2013). "Comments on differences in classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) between Eurasia and North America". ZooKeys. 264: 209–217. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4441. PMC 3668380. PMID 23730182.
- Colobochyla at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Denis & Schiffermüller (1775). Ank. Syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener. Geg.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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