Nolidae

Nolidae
	Green silver-lines,Pseudoips prasinana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae; Bruand,1847

Nolidaeis a family ofmothswith about 1,700 described species worldwide.^[1]They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silkcocoonwith a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known astuft moths,after the tufts of raised scales on the forewings of two subfamilies,NolinaeandCollomeninae.^[2]Thelarvaealso tend to have muted colors and tufts of short hairs.

Formerly, this group was included in theNoctuidae.

Subfamilies

Monotypic subfamilies

Afridinae–Afrida
Bleninae–Blenina
Diphtherinae–Diphthera(monotypic genus)
Eariadinae–Earias
Westermanniinae–Westermannia

Generaincertae sedis

The followinggenerahave yet to be assigned to a subfamily:

References

^^a ^bErik J. Van Nieukerken; Lauri Kaila; Ian J. Kitching; Niels P. Kristensen; David C. Lees; Joël Minet; Charles Mitter; Marko Mutaten; Jerome C. Regier; Thomas J. Simonsen; Niklas Wahlberg; Shen-Horn Yen; Reza Zahiri; David Adamski; Joaquin Baixeras; Daniel Bartsch; Bengt Å. Bengtsson; John W. Brown; Sibyl Rae Bucheli; Donald R. Davis; Jurate De Prins; Willy De Prins; Marc E. Epstein; Patricia Gentili-Poole; Cees Gielis; Peter Hättenschwiler; Axel Hausmann; Jeremy D. Holloway; Axel Kallies; Ole Karsholt; Akito Y. Kawahara; Sjaak J. C. Koster; Mikhail V. Kozlov; J. Donald Lafontaine; Gerardo Lamas; Jean-François Landry; Sangmi Lee; Matthias Nuss; Kyu-Tek Park; Carla Penz; Jadranka Rota; Alexander Schintlmeister; B. Christian Schmidt; Jae-Cheon Sohn; M. Alma Solis; Gerhard M. Tarmann; Andrew D. Warren; Susan Weller; Roman V. Yakovlev; Vadim V. Zolotuhin; Andreas Zwick."Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758".Zootaxa.3148(1). Magnolia Press: 212–221.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-01-13.Retrieved2024-05-17.InZhang, Z.-Q.(Ed.)Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
^ Zahiri, R.; Lafontaine, J. D.; Holloway, J. D.; Kitching, I. J.; Schmidt, B. C.; Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. (2013)."Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics".Cladistics.29(4): 337–359.doi:10.1111/cla.12001.S2CID 56207549.

Bibliography

Chinery, Michael(1991).Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe.
Skinner, Bernard(1984).The Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles.

External links

Images of Nolidae species in New Zealand
Data related toNolidaeat Wikispecies
Media related toNolidaeat Wikimedia Commons

[Nieukerken(2011)-1] Erik J. Van Nieukerken; Lauri Kaila; Ian J. Kitching; Niels P. Kristensen; David C. Lees; Joël Minet; Charles Mitter; Marko Mutaten; Jerome C. Regier; Thomas J. Simonsen; Niklas Wahlberg; Shen-Horn Yen; Reza Zahiri; David Adamski; Joaquin Baixeras; Daniel Bartsch; Bengt Å. Bengtsson; John W. Brown; Sibyl Rae Bucheli; Donald R. Davis; Jurate De Prins; Willy De Prins; Marc E. Epstein; Patricia Gentili-Poole; Cees Gielis; Peter Hättenschwiler; Axel Hausmann; Jeremy D. Holloway; Axel Kallies; Ole Karsholt; Akito Y. Kawahara; Sjaak J. C. Koster; Mikhail V. Kozlov; J. Donald Lafontaine; Gerardo Lamas; Jean-François Landry; Sangmi Lee; Matthias Nuss; Kyu-Tek Park; Carla Penz; Jadranka Rota; Alexander Schintlmeister; B. Christian Schmidt; Jae-Cheon Sohn; M. Alma Solis; Gerhard M. Tarmann; Andrew D. Warren; Susan Weller; Roman V. Yakovlev; Vadim V. Zolotuhin; Andreas Zwick."Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758".Zootaxa.3148(1). Magnolia Press: 212–221.doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-01-13.Retrieved2024-05-17.InZhang, Z.-Q.(Ed.)Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

[Zahiri-2] Zahiri, R.; Lafontaine, J. D.; Holloway, J. D.; Kitching, I. J.; Schmidt, B. C.; Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. (2013)."Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics".Cladistics.29(4): 337–359.doi:10.1111/cla.12001.S2CID 56207549.

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