Nystaleinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 – Gopha – Hermierella – Hippia (Notodontidae) – Kryptokalos – Lepasta – Lusura – Lyricinus – Lysana – Marthula – Navarcostes – Notela – Notoplusia – Nycterotis – Nystalea – Pentobesa – Phedosia – Phyllopalpia – Poresta – 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 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
Schintlmeister, A. 2013. World Catalogue of Insects: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera). Volume 11: 1–608. 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]