Colobochyla Explained

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.^[1] The genus is tentatively classified in the Hypeninae but needs further phylogenetic analysis to determine its proper subfamily placement.^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phytometrinae. https://web.archive.org/web/20140118014830/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=446683. dead. January 18, 2014. Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea. 26 November 2014.
2. Lafontaine. J. Donald. Schmidt. B. Christian. Comments on differences in classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) between Eurasia and North America. ZooKeys. 2013. 264. 209–217. 10.3897/zookeys.264.4441. 23730182. 3668380. free.