Nolidae | |
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Green silver-lines, Pseudoips prasinana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: |
Nolidae Bruand, 1847 [1] |
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. [1] They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, after the tufts of raised scales on the forewings of two subfamilies, Nolinae and Collomeninae. [2] The larvae also tend to have muted colors and tufts of short hairs.
Formerly, this group was included in the Noctuidae.
The following genera have yet to be assigned to a subfamily:
Nolidae | |
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Green silver-lines, Pseudoips prasinana | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: |
Nolidae Bruand, 1847 [1] |
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. [1] They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, after the tufts of raised scales on the forewings of two subfamilies, Nolinae and Collomeninae. [2] The larvae also tend to have muted colors and tufts of short hairs.
Formerly, this group was included in the Noctuidae.
The following genera have yet to be assigned to a subfamily: