''Collomena'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Nolidae described by
Heinrich Benno Möschler
Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of S ...
in 1890.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) is a searchable database maintained by the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London.
It is based on card indices and scanned journals, nomenclatural catalogues and the '' Zoologi ...
lists it as a synonym of ''
Motya
Motya was an ancient and powerful city on San Pantaleo Island off the west coast of Sicily, in the Stagnone Lagoon between Drepanum (modern Trapani) and Lilybaeum (modern Marsala). It is within the present-day commune of Marsala, Italy.
Man ...
'', but other databases such as Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and Butterflies and Moths of the World list it as valid.
Species
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Collomena chirica''
(Schaus, 1906) Mexico
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Collomena filifera
''Collomena'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a synonym of ''Motya (moth), Motya'', but other databases such as Lepidoptera and Some Other Lif ...
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(Walker, 1857) Antilles to Brazil
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Collomena fugax''
(Dyar, 1914) Panama
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Collomena haematopis
''Collomena'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a synonym of ''Motya'', but other databases such as Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and B ...
''
(Hampson, 1912) Argentina (Tucuman)
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Collomena illegitima''
(Dyar, 1914) Panama
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Collomena inflexa''
(Morrison, 1875) Florida
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Collomena interstitia''
(Dyar, 1914) Panama, Costa Rica
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Collomena leucopis''
(Schaus, 1910) Costa Rica
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Collomena metaphaea''
(Hampson, 1912) Panama
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Collomena murora
''Collomena'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a synonym of ''Motya'', but other databases such as Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and B ...
''
(Dyar, 1914) Panama
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Collomena olivaris
''Collomena'' is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a synonym of ''Motya'', but other databases such as Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and B ...
''
(Dyar, 1912) Mexico
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Collomena siopera''
(Dyar, 1914) Panama, Mexico
References
Chloephorinae
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