Notodontidae
| Notodontidae | |
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| Furcula furcula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| (unranked): | Macrolepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: |
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Biretinae |
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Biretinae
Ceirinae Matsumura, 1929
Cerurinae Butler, 1881
Dicranurinae Duponchel, 1845
=Stauropinae Matsumura, 1925
=Fentoniinae Matsumura, 1929
Dioptinae Walker, 1862
=Josiidae Piepers & Snellen, 1900
Disphraginae Thiaucourt, 1995
Dudusinae Matsumura, 1929
=Tarsolepidinae Kiriakoff, 1950
Hemiceratinae Guenee, 1852
Heterocampinae Neumogen & Dyar, 1894
Notodontinae Stephens, 1829
Nystaleinae Forbes, 1948
Phalerinae Butler, 1896
Platychasmatinae Nakamura, 1956
Ptilodoninae Packard, 1864
=Ptilophorinae Matsumura, 1929
Pygaerinae Duponchel, 1854
=Melalophidae Grote, 1895
=Ichthyurinae Packard, 1895
=Spataliinae Matsumura, 1929
=Gluphisiinae Packard, 1895
Rifarginae Thiaucourt, 1995
Roseminae Forbes, 1939
Scranciinae Miller, 1991
Thaumetopoeinae Aurivillius, 1889
and see below
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. 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). The Thaumetopoeidae (processionary moths) are sometimes included here as a subfamily.
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 Dioptinae subfamily (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 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.
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