Nystaleinae
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| Nystaleinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.
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
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- ^ 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. [1]
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