''Colobochyla'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily
Phytometrinae
The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858.
Taxonomy
Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae tha ...
of
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...
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 (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
.
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''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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