''Colobochyla'' 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
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily
Phytometrinae of
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
or the subfamily
Calpinae
The Calpinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1840. This subfamily includes many species of moths that have a pointed and barbed proboscis adapted to piercing the skins of fruit to feed on ju ...
of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
The genus is tentatively classified in the Hypeninae but needs further phylogenetic analysis to determine its proper subfamily placement.
Species
* ''
Colobochyla interpuncta
''Colobochyla interpuncta'', the swamp belle or yellow-lined owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North American wetlands from Wisconsin to Nova Scotia south ...
''
(Grote, 1872) – swamp belle moth, yellow-lined owlet
* ''
Colobochyla mabillealis
''Colobochyla'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae of Erebidae or the subfamily Calpinae of the family Noctuidae. The genus is tentatively classified in t ...
''
(Viette, 1954)
* ''
Colobochyla platizona''
(Lederer, 1870)
* ''
Colobochyla saalmuelleralis''
(Viette, 1954)
* ''
Colobochyla salicalis''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – lesser belle moth
* ''
Colobochyla similis''
Warren, 1915
References
''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
Hypeninae
Moth genera
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