Colocasia (moth)

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Colocasia
Colocasia coryli, Nut-tree Tussock, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2016 2 - Flickr - janetgraham84.jpg
Colocasia coryli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Pantheinae
Genus: Colocasia
Ochsenheimer, 1816

Colocasia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by the German actor and entomologist Ferdinand Ochsenheimer.

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