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Nolidae

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Also known as Tuft moths

Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 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.

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Vinony's link graph records 562 inbound references to Nolidae, and connects out to butterfly, Lasiocampidae and Earias.

It sits within the topics Moth families, Nolidae and Taxa named by George Hampson.

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Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyNolidae
Observations recorded592,199

Les Nolidés (Nolidae) sont une famille de lépidoptères (papillons) comprenant environ 1 400 espèces de papillons distribués dans le monde entier. Ils étaient autrefois inclus dans les Noctuidae. Ce sont pour la plupart de petits papillons avec une coloration terne, dont la principale caractéristique est d'avoir des touffes d'écailles sur les ailes antérieures.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
109
With media
72
Family
Nolidae
Collections
MSU, UCSB, MISSA, USNM, NAUF, NMV
Recorded in
United States, Panama, Japan, Australia, Timor-Leste

Wikidata facts

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Commons category
Nolidae
taxon name
Nolidae
taxon common name
瘤蛾科
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Subfamilies
  • Monotypic subfamilies
  • Genera ''incertae sedis''
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nolidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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