Genus Nola

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

sharp-blotched nola moth - Nola pustulata

Nola cereella - Sorghum Webworm Moth ? - Nola cereella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Nolidae (Nolid Moths)

Subfamily Nolinae

Genus Nola

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nola Leach, 1815

17 names were included as junior synonyms of Nola by Poole in 1989 (see Butterflies and Moths of the World). These were: Aradrapha, Argyrophyes, Celama, Chlamifera, Dimona, Epizeuctis, Lebena, Lira, Manoba, Minnagara, Poliothripa, Rhynchopalpus, Roeselia, Selca, Sorocostia, Stenola, Tribunta.

Numbers

Nola includes more than ten species in America north of Mexico. (1)

4 species in Canada (CBIF)

Range

Represented throughout most of US and southern Canada, plus Northwest Territories.

Food

Larvae are usually host-specific, feeding on particular trees (such as oak) or herbaceous plants (such as Fringed Loosestrife).

Print References

Leach, 1815. in Brewster. Edinburgh Encycl. 9: 135.

Franclemont, J.G. in Forbes, 1960, p. 54 (2) (key to species)

Internet References

pinned adult images of 3 species occurring in eastern Canada (CBIF)

synonyms (Brian Pitkin et al, Butterflies and Moths of the World)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States Part IV Forbes, W.T.M. 1960. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Memoir 371.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 May, 2005 - 1:45am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 6 January, 2017 - 4:51am

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