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

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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.[1]

Genera

References

  1. 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
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