Nystaleinae

Nystaleinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Macrolepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:	Nystaleinae Forbes, 1948
Genera
See text

Nystaleinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae.

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.

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

• 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, 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.
• 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]