| NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA |
| (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
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The Caterpillars of this subfamily 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
Elesma subglauca : Grey Elesma
Nola aenictis
Nola albalis : White-lined Tuft-moth
Nola anisogona
Nola argentea
Nola aulacota
Nola bifascialis
Nola biguttalis : Brown Tuft-moth
Nola celaenephes : Western Tuft-moth
Nola crucigera : Crossed Tuft-moth
Nola cycota : Cycota Tuft-moth
Nola delograpta : Clearly-marked Tuft-moth
Nola desmotes
Nola diastropha
Nola elaphra
Nola epicentra : Patched Tuft-moth
Nola eucolpa : Grained Tuft-moth
Nola eurrhyncha : Well-beaked Tuft-moth
Nola fasciata
Nola fraterna
Nola goniophora : Fine-lined Tuft-moth
Nola hesycha
Nola irenica : Pale Tuft-moth
Nola leucoma
Nola melanogramma : Black-lined Tuft-moth
Nola monozona : Epaulet Tuft-moth
Nola niphostena : Desert Tuft-moth
Nola paromoea : Divided Tuft-moth
Nola paroxynta : Neat Tuft-moth
Nola phaeogramma : Inscribed Tuft-moth
Nola pleurosema : Plain Tuft-moth
Nola porrigens : Flecked Tuft-moth
Nola pothina : Pothina Tuft-moth
Nola pycnopasta
Nola scabralis
Nola semograpta : Part-marked Tuft-moth
Nola taeniata : Hairy Rice Caterpillar
Nola tetralopha
Nola tholera : Elegant Tuft-moth
Nola tornotis
Nola vernalis : Dagger Tuft-moth
Uraba lugens : Gum-leaf Skeletoniser
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(updated 2 November 2014, 30 November 2024)