Colla amoena

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Colla amoena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Colla
Species:
C. amoena
Binomial name
Colla amoena
Dognin, 1923 [1]

Colla amoena is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1923. It is found in Brazil. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Colla amoena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. Smithsonian Institution