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Collomena

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 Butterflies and Moths of the World list it as valid.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Collomeninae
Genus: Collomena
Möschler, 1890

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,1 but other databases such as Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms and Butterflies and Moths of the World list it as valid.23

Species

  • Collomena chirica (Schaus, 1906) Mexico
  • Collomena filifera (Walker, 1857) Antilles to Brazil
  • Collomena fugax (Dyar, 1914) Panama
  • Collomena haematopis (Hampson, 1912) Argentina (Tucuman)
  • Collomena illegitima (Dyar, 1914) Panama
  • Collomena inflexa (Morrison, 1875) Florida
  • Collomena interstitia (Dyar, 1914) Panama, Costa Rica
  • Collomena leucopis (Schaus, 1910) Costa Rica
  • Collomena metaphaea (Hampson, 1912) Panama
  • Collomena murora (Dyar, 1914) Panama
  • Collomena olivaris (Dyar, 1912) Mexico
  • Collomena siopera (Dyar, 1914) Panama, Mexico
References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Motya​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (September 9, 2019). "Collomena Möschler, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Collomena Möschler, 1890". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved August 5, 2020.