| Nystaleinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Nystaleinae Forbes, 1948 |
Nystaleinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. The subfamily was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1948.
The subfamily Nystaleinae contains approximately 300 species.
The subfamily is restricted almost entirely to the Neotropics, with a few species extending as far north as Canada. [1]
Cosmosoma is a genus of tiger moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Hypocrita is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.
Lophocampa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It contains around 75 species.
Palthis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Virbia is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Cecharismena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Möschler in 1890.
Eulepidotis is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Mocis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Disphragis is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820. The genus is confined to the New World and it contains about 137 species.
Elasmia is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae.
Elasmia mandela is a species of moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1887. It occurs in Mexico, Costa Rica, and the US states of Texas and Oklahoma.
Disphragis sobolis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2011. It is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes from Bolivia to Villavicencio in Colombia. The range includes north-eastern Ecuador.
Disphragis notabilis is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1906. It is found throughout the Amazon basin from western Venezuela east- and southward to at least Bolivia. The range includes French Guiana.
Symmerista aura is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Isidro A. Chacón in 2014. It has been collected between 1,000 and 1,400 meters on both slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
Symmerista inbioi is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by Isidro A. Chacón in 2014. It has been collected between 1,250 and 2,700 meters in highland cloud forests of the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica.
Elymiotis tlotzin is a moth in the family Notodontidae first described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been collected in the dry forest ecosystem of Peninsula de Nicoya, and in the dry forests of Sector Santa Rosa and Sector Pailas at elevations between 0 and 800 meters.
Heterocampinae is a subfamily of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are at least 60 described species of Heterocampinae in North America.
Nystalea indiana, commonly known as Grote's tropical prominent moth, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1884 and is found in North America.
Dasylophia thyatiroides, the gray-patched prominent, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862 and is found in North America.
Metoponiinae is a subfamily of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are about 16 genera and more than 70 described species in Metoponiinae.
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