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Prominent Moths
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, especially in the New World (Miller, 1992).
Species of this family tend to be heavy-bodied and long-winged, the wings held folded across the back of the body at rest. They rarely display any bright colours, usually being mainly grey or brown, with the exception of the subfamily Dioptinae (Grimaldi and Engel, 2005). These features mean they rather resemble Noctuidae although the families are not closely related. The adults do not feed. Many species have a tuft of hair on the trailing edge of the forewing which protrudes upwards at rest. This gives them their scientific name "back tooth" and the common name of prominents. The common names of some other species reflect their hairiness, such as puss moth and the group commonly known as kittens (Furcula spp.), so named as they resemble small versions of the puss moth.
51 branches of this family, most-observed first
Heterocampinae
subfamilyHeterocampinae
Notodontinae
subfamilyNotodontinae
Phalerinae
subfamilyPhalerinae
Pygaerinae
subfamilyPygaerinae
Processionary Moths
subfamilyThaumetopoeinae
Cerurinae
subfamilyCerurinae
Nystaleinae
subfamilyNystaleinae
Hemiceratinae
subfamilyHemiceratinae
Spataliinae
subfamilySpataliinae
Stauropinae
subfamilyStauropinae
Dioptinae
subfamilyDioptinae
Lusurinae
subfamilyLusurinae
Dudusinae
subfamilyDudusinae
Chadisrinae
subfamilyChadisrinae
Hapigiinae
subfamilyHapigiinae
Teleclitinae
subfamilyTeleclitinae
Periergosinae
subfamilyPeriergosinae
Anaphinae
subfamilyAnaphinae
Dicranurinae
subfamilyDicranurinae
Shachiinae
subfamilyShachiinae
Peratodontinae
subfamilyPeratodontinae
Archigargetta
genusArchigargetta
Platychasmatinae
subfamilyPlatychasmatinae
Gissarus
genusGissarus
Psegmaphora
genusPsegmaphora
Macrosenta
genusMacrosenta
Leucophalera
genusLeucophalera
Antizana
genusAntizana
Induba
genusInduba
Pinheyia
genusPinheyia
Jurivalentinia
genusJurivalentinia
Gaedeina
genusGaedeina
Microchadisra
genusMicrochadisra
Metopolophota
genusMetopolophota
Ulina
genusUlina
Zamana
genusZamana
Anotodonta
genusAnotodonta
Clostra
genusClostra
Arunda
genusArunda
Docyna
genusDocyna
Lagela
genusLagela
Lamnis
genusLamnis
Lamorina
genusLamorina
Felia
genusFelia
Thaila
genusThaila
Lymphorta
genusLymphorta
Bugandita
genusBugandita
Mainiella
genusMainiella
Darabitta
genusDarabitta
Fanambana
genusFanambana
Themerastis
genusThemerastis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47718.