NOLINAE of Australia
 NOLIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

NOLIDAE

eggs
 
NOLINAE

caterpillars
  
NOLINAE

pupae
  
NOLINAE

moths
  
NOLINAE

undersides
 
NOLINAE

forewings

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 79 named Australian species in NOLINAE are:

Acatapaustus atrinota
Acatapaustus leucospila
Acatapaustus mesoleuca
Acatapaustus metallopa : Halved Tuft-moth

Aquita plagiochyta : Suffused Tuft-moth
Aquita tactalis : Tactile Tuft-moth

Barasa cymatistis

Elesma subglauca : Grey Elesma

Meganola major

  • Nola achromia
    Nola aenictis
    Nola albalis : White-lined Tuft-moth
  • Nola amorpha
    Nola anisogona
    Nola argentea
  • Nola atmophanes
    Nola aulacota
  • Nola bathycyrta
  • Nola belotypa
    Nola bifascialis
    Nola biguttalis : Brown Tuft-moth
    Nola celaenephes : Western Tuft-moth
  • Nola ceramota : Earthenware Tuft-moth
  • Nola cerraunias
  • Nola coelobathra
    Nola crucigera : Crossed Tuft-moth
    Nola cycota : Cycota Tuft-moth
  • Nola cymatias
    Nola delograpta : Clearly-marked Tuft-moth
    Nola desmotes
    Nola diastropha
    Nola elaphra
  • Nola elaphropasta
    Nola epicentra : Patched Tuft-moth
    Nola eucolpa : Grained Tuft-moth
    Nola eurrhyncha : Well-beaked Tuft-moth
  • Nola eurylopha
    Nola fasciata
  • Nola fovifera
    Nola fraterna
    Nola goniophora : Fine-lined Tuft-moth
    Nola hesycha
    Nola irenica : Pale Tuft-moth
  • Nola lechriopa
  • Nola lechriotropa
  • Nola leucolopha
    Nola leucoma
    Nola melanogramma : Black-lined Tuft-moth
  • Nola microphila
    Nola monozona : Epaulet Tuft-moth
    Nola niphostena : Desert Tuft-moth
  • Nola ochrosticha
  • Nola parallacta : Mountain Tuft-moth
    Nola paromoea : Divided Tuft-moth
    Nola paroxynta : Neat Tuft-moth
    Nola phaeogramma : Inscribed Tuft-moth
  • Nola phloeophila
  • Nola plagioschema
  • Nola platygona
  • Nola pleurocorda
    Nola pleurosema : Plain Tuft-moth
  • Nola poliophasma
    Nola porrigens : Flecked Tuft-moth
    Nola pothina : Pothina Tuft-moth
    Nola pycnopasta
  • Nola pygmaeodes
    Nola scabralis
    Nola semograpta : Part-marked Tuft-moth
  • Nola sphaerospila
    Nola taeniata : Hairy Rice Caterpillar
    Nola tetralopha
    Nola tholera : Elegant Tuft-moth
    Nola tornotis
  • Nola vepallida
    Nola vernalis : Dagger Tuft-moth
  • Nola zaplethes

    Pisara hyalospila

  • Uraba deplanana
    Uraba lugens : Gum-leaf Skeletoniser

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    (updated 2 November 2014, 19 September 2023)