Nystaleinae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:	Nystaleinae Forbes, 1948

Nystaleinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. The subfamily was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1948.

Diversity

The subfamily Nystaleinae contains approximately 300 species.

Distribution

The subfamily is restricted almost entirely to the Neotropics, with a few species extending as far north as Canada.^[1]

Genera

Ankale Weller, 1992
Antiopha Schaus, 1901
Bahaia Dyar, 1924
Bardaxima Walker, 1858
Calledema Butler, 1875
Dasylophia Packard, 1864
Didugua Druce, 1891
Dunama Schaus, 1912
Elasmia Möschler, 1886
Elymiotis Walker, 1857
Euharpyia Schaus, 1901
Euxoga Möschler, 1878
Gopha Walker, 1862
Hippia Möschler, 1878
Kryptokalos Weller, 1992
Lepasta Möschler, 1878
Lusura Walker, 1855
Lyricinus Weller, 1992
Lysana Möschler, 1883
Marthula Walker, 1856
Navarcostes Schaus, 1905
Notela Schaus, 1901
Notoplusia Schaus, 1901
Nystalea Guenée, 1852
Phedosia Möschler, 1878
Phyllopalpia Draudt, 1932
Poresta Schaus, 1901
Strophocerus Möschler, 1883
Pentobesa Schaus, 1901
Schausiplusia Thiaucourt, 1995
Symmerista Hübner, 1821

References

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^ Chacón, I.A.; Janzen, D.H.; Hallwachs, W. 2014: Four new species of Symmerista Hübner, 1816 (Notodontidae, Nystaleinae) from Costa Rica. ZooKeys, 421: 39-63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.421.6342

Lafontaine, J.D.; Schmidt, B.C. 2010: Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40: 1-239. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414
Metzler, E.H. & E.C. Knudson, 2011: A new species of Elasmia Möschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from Texas and Oklahoma (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae, Nystaleinae). ZooKeys 149: 51-67.
Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141.
Schintlmeister, A., 2013: World Catalogue of Insects: Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera), Volume 11: 1-608.
Thiaucourt, P., 1993: Groupe d'espèces proches de Phedosia turbida Möschler 1878 (Lepidoptera Notodontidae). Lambillionea 93 (4): 407-410.
Thiaucourt, P., 2009: Schausiplusia lahoussei n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 25 (4): 373-376.
Thiaucourt, P., 2010: Notes a propos de la description de nouvelles especes de Nystaleini de l´Amerique Tropicale (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). Lambillionea 110 (1): 101-117.
Weller, S.J. 1992: Survey of adult morphology in Nystaleinae and related Neotropical subfamilies (Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Journal of research on the Lepidoptera, 31(3-4): 233-277. [1]