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Colobochyla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Subfamily
  
Hypeninae

Lower classifications
  
Colobochyla salicalis, Colobochyla interpuncta

Colobochyla is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

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Taxonomy

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

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

    Colobochyla Wikipedia
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