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Colobochyla interpuncta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Scientific name
  
Colobochyla interpuncta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Hypena bijugalis, Rivula propinqualis, Hypena baltimoralis, Bleptina caradrinalis

Colobochyla interpuncta (swamp belle or yellow-lined owlet) is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in wetlands from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia south to Florida and Texas.

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. There are two generations per year in Ohio and Connecticut and more southward.

The larvae feed on willow.

References

Colobochyla interpuncta Wikipedia