Colobochyla
| Colobochyla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 Erebidae family.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the Phytometrinae subfamily of Erebidae or the Calpinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.[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 salicalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 – Lesser Belle Moth
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.
- Colobochyla at funet.fi
- Denis & Schiffermüller (1775). Ank. Syst. Werkes Schmett. Wiener. Geg.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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