Nystaleinae

Nystaleinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. The subfamily was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1948.

Nystaleinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Nystaleinae
Forbes, 1948

Diversity

The subfamily Nystaleinae contains approximately 300 species.

Distribution

The subfamily is restricted almost entirely to the Neotropics, with a few species extending as far north as Canada.[1]

Genera

  • Ankale Weller, 1992
  • Antiopha Schaus, 1901
  • Bahaia Dyar, 1924
  • Bardaxima Walker, 1858
  • Calledema Butler, 1875
  • Dasylophia Packard, 1864
  • Didugua Druce, 1891
  • Dunama Schaus, 1912
  • Elasmia Möschler, 1886
  • Elymiotis Walker, 1857
  • Euharpyia Schaus, 1901
  • Euxoga Möschler, 1878
  • Gopha Walker, 1862
  • Hippia Möschler, 1878
  • Kryptokalos Weller, 1992
  • Lepasta Möschler, 1878
  • Lusura Walker, 1855
  • Lyricinus Weller, 1992
  • Lysana Möschler, 1883
  • Marthula Walker, 1856
  • Navarcostes Schaus, 1905
  • Notela Schaus, 1901
  • Notoplusia Schaus, 1901
  • Nystalea Guenée, 1852
  • Phedosia Möschler, 1878
  • Phyllopalpia Draudt, 1932
  • Poresta Schaus, 1901
  • Strophocerus Möschler, 1883
  • Pentobesa Schaus, 1901
  • Schausiplusia Thiaucourt, 1995
  • Symmerista Hübner, 1821

References

  1. Chacón, I.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2014: Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 421: 39-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6342
  • Lafontaine, J.D.; Schmidt, B.C. 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
  • Metzler, E.H. & E.C. Knudson, 2011: A new species of Elasmia Möschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from Texas and Oklahoma (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Nystaleinae). ZooKeys 149: 51-67.
  • Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141.
  • Schintlmeister, A., 2013: World Catalogue of Insects: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera), Volume 11: 1-608.
  • Thiaucourt, P., 1993: Groupe d'espèces proches de Phedosia turbida Möschler 1878 (Lepidoptera Notodontidae). Lambillionea 93 (4): 407-410.
  • Thiaucourt, P., 2009: Schausiplusia lahoussei n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 25 (4): 373-376.
  • Thiaucourt, P., 2010: Notes a propos de la description de nouvelles especes de Nystaleini de l´Amerique Tropicale (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). Lambillionea 110 (1): 101-117.
  • Weller, S.J. 1992: Survey of adult morphology in Nystaleinae and related Neotropical subfamilies (Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Journal of research on the Lepidoptera, 31(3-4): 233-277.


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