Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Diloba
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
- superfamilyNoctuoidea Latreille, 1809
- familyNoctuidae Latreille, 1809
- subfamilyDilobinae
- genusDiloba Boisduval, 1840
- speciesDiloba caeruleocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diloba bipartita Strand, 1903 Strand, 1903 | synonym |
| Diloba clausa Lempke, 1949 Lempke, 1949 | synonym |
| Diloba funesta Cockayne, 1951 Cockayne, 1951 | synonym |
| Diloba nigrescens Lempke, 1966 Lempke, 1966 | synonym |
| Diloba nigrofasciata van Wisselingh, 1966 van Wisselingh, 1966 | synonym |
| Diloba nigrofasciata Hackray, 1933 Hackray, 1933 | synonym |
| Diloba obsoleta Lempke, 1949 Lempke, 1949 | synonym |
| Diloba orbimaculata Strand, 1903 Strand, 1903 | synonym |
| Diloba protensa Lempke, 1949 Lempke, 1949 | synonym |
| Diloba separata Schultz, 1907 Schultz, 1907 | synonym |
| Phalaena (Bombyx) caeruleocephala Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym |
| Diloba armena Staudinger, 1871 Staudinger, 1871 | synonym |
| Diloba capnodes Dannehl, 1926 Dannehl, 1926 | synonym |
| Diloba confluens Bergmann, 1953 Bergmann, 1953 | synonym |
| Diloba infumata Schwingenschuss, 1918 Schwingenschuss, 1918 | synonym |
| Diloba medionigra van Wisselingh, 1966 van Wisselingh, 1966 | synonym |
| Diloba trimaculata Lempke, 1966 Lempke, 1966 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Linnaeus, & Carolus. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 1, 824. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:365LZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.