The Caterpillars of this family lack their first pair of prolegs, on the third abdominal segment. They are also hairy, with the tufts of secondary setae at the front and rear slightly longer than the others. These hairs can cause urticaria in sensive people. Pupation occurs in a stiff boat-shaped cocoon, into which pieces of bark and debris are incorporated. This makes the cocoon difficult to discover. The 91 named Australian species in NOLINAE are:

Acatapaustus atrinota
Acatapaustus leucospila
Acatapaustus mesoleuca
Acatapaustis metallopa

Aquita plagiochyta
Aquita tactalis

Barasa cymatistis

Elesma subglauca

Meganola major

Nola aenictis
Nola albalis

Nola anisogona
Nola argentea

Nola bifascialis
Nola biguttalis
Nola celaenephes

Nola coelobathra
Nola crucigera
Nola cycota

Nola cymatias
Nola delograpta
Nola desmotes
Nola diastropha
Nola elaphra

Nola elaphropasta
Nola epicentra

Nola eucolpa
Nola eurrhyncha

Nola eurylopha
Nola fasciata

Nola hesycha
Nola irenica

Nola leucolopha
Nola leucoma
Nola melanogramma

Nola microphila
Nola monozona
Nola niphostena

Nola parallacta
Nola paromoea
Nola paroxynta
Nola phaeogramma

Nola pleurocorda
Nola pleurosema

Nola poliophasma
Nola porrigens
Nola pothina

Nola scabralis
Nola semograpta

Nola sphaerospila
Nola taeniata : Hairy Rice Caterpillar

Nola tetralopha
Nola tholera

Nola vepallida
Nola vernalis

Uraba deplanana
Uraba lugens : Gum Leaf Skeletoniser

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(updated 17 December 2012)