Nystaleinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Notodontidae
Subfamilia: Nystaleinae
Genera: Ankale – Antiopha – Bahaia – Bardaxima – Calledema – Cottobara – Dasylophia – Didugua – Dunama – Elasmia – Elymiotis – Euharpyia – Euxoga – Falcicaputis – Gopha – Hermierella – Hippia – Kryptokalos – Lepasta – Lusura – Lyricinus – Lysana – Marthula – Navarcostes – Notela – Notoplusia – Nycterotis – Nystalea – Pentobesa – Phedosia – Phyllopalpia – Poresta – Pseudhippia – Schausiplusia – Stragulodonta – Strophocerus – Symmerista – Xylodonta

Name

Nystaleinae Forbes, 1948 Remark: Described as a tribus. Raised to subfamily status by Miller, 1991: 188.

Type-genus: Nystalea Guenée, 1852

References

Chacón, I.A., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T., Harvey, D.J. & Grishin, N.V. 2018. Six new cryptic species of Xylodonta Becker, 2014 (Notodontidae: Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 27(1): 33-58. full article (PDF). Reference page.
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 . ResearchGate Reference page.
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, J.S. & P. Thiaucourt, 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. Abstract: DOI: 10.1603/AN10141
Prada-Lara, L., St Laurent, R.A., Weller, S.J. & Fagua, G. 2025. Nystaleinae moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae): A morphological review of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5622(1): 1–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5622.1.1. Reference page.
Schintlmeister, A. 2013. World Catalogue of Insects. Volume 11. Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera). Leiden: Brill. 608 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-25208-0. Reference page.
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.
Thiaucourt, P. 2015a. Hermierella n. gen. boyaca n. sp. (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Mulhouse 71(4): 65-67. Reference page.
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. [1]