Colobochyla
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| Colobochyla | |
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| File:Colobochyla salicalis.jpg | |
| Colobochyla salicalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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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