Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Nolidae Rank Family | Phylum Arthropoda Superfamily Noctuoidea Higher classification Noctuoidea | |
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Lower classifications Pseudoips prasinana, Nola, Bena bicolorana, Aquita, Chloephorinae | ||
Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,400 described species worldwide. 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. The larvae also tend to have muted colors and tufts of short hairs.
Formerly, this group was included in the Noctuidae.
Genera incertae sedis
The following nolid genera have not been assigned to a subfamily yet:
References
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