Colla albescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Bombycidae
Subfamilia: Epiinae
Genus: Colla
Species: Colla albescens

Name

Colla albescens Schaus, 1905: 299

Type locality: French Guiana, Saint Jean du Maroni.

Type material: Primary syntype Male type n° 8804 USNM.

Synonyms

• Colla albescens = Colla micacea (Walker, 1865) by Schaus in Seitz, 1929: 679; Becker, 1996: 15.
• Colla albescens; reestablished as bona species by Herbin, 2022: 165.
• Colla lilacina Dognin, 1916: 5; = C. albescens by Herbin, 2022: 165.
  • Type locality: French Guiana, Saint Jean du Maroni.
    • Type material: USNM Female holotype n° 29731 by monotypy.
• Note: C. lilacina is the female of C. albescens (the latter described on a male).

References

Primary references

• Schaus, W. 1905. Descriptions of new South American moths. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29: 179–345. BHL Reference page. 
• Dognin, P. 1916. Hétérocères nouveaux de l’Amérique du Sud Fascicule XII. Oberthür & Fils, Rennes: BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Schaus, W. 1929. Familie Bombycidae. In: Seitz A. (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer 675–711. PDF. Reference page. 
• Becker, V.O. 1996: Apatelodidae, Bombycidae & Mimallonidae pp. 13-19, in Heppner JB (Ed.): Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4B. Drepanioidea-Bombycoidea-Sphingoidea. Association of Tropical Lepidoptera & Scientific Publishers. Gainesville, Florida. Reference page. 
• Herbin, D. 2022. New Bombycoidea species from French Guiana (Lepidoptera Apatelodidae and Bombycidae). Antenor 8(2): 159–166. Reference page.