#nolidae

Hieroglyphic moth, Diphthera festiva, Nolidae (Tufted Moths)

Found along the southern coast of the US, down through Mexico and Central America and into South America as far as southern Brazil

Tufted Moth (Sinna calospila), family Nolidae, MCM Nature Discovery Villa, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

hello my dears... nolid moth caterpillar with an interesting form of mimicry

this bizzare looking caterpillar is possibly a (Carea angulata)... a species from the family of tufted moths. the caterpillars have a swollen green thorax that is believed to mimic not another species but an unripe fruit. this growth looks like an oversized safety helmet and possibly deters birds from consuming it

This guy is a Gum-Leaf Skeletoniser, and they wear their old heads as a hat each time they molt because why not.

Green Silver-lines

Peudoips prasinana

From the nolidae family. They have a wingspan of 30-38 mm. They tend to inhabit woodland and gardens neard woodland areas. They can be found in the Palearctic Realm. This moth can easily hide from predators, disguising itself as a leaf.

Two large Sarrothripini moths.

Possibly in the Blenina genus, but there's a few Sarrothripini moths like this. The species B. donans has a wide range of varying wing patterns, making it difficult to really pin-point ID. B. donans seems like a possible ID, but I'm not too sure.

13/01/24 - Sarrothripini sp.

A Nolid moth, unsurprisingly.

Nola is a large genus found worldwide. They were first described in 1815 by English zoologist and marine biologist William Elford Leach (1781-1836) but he didn't record why he choose that name.

Despite his expertise in particular animal groups, Leach's biggest contribution was his almost single-handed modernisation of the whole of British zoology, working for the Natural History Department of the British Museum. He was the naturalist who separated the centipedes and millipedes from the insects, giving them their own group, the Myriapoda. In his day he was the world's leading expert on the Crustacea. He had a nervous breakdown from overwork in 1821, and I can't say I'm surprised.

In 1837 Dr Francis Boott, secretary of the Linnean Society of London, wrote,

"Few men have ever devoted themselves to zoology with greater zeal than Dr Leach, or attained at an early period of life a higher reputation at home and abroad as a profound naturalist. He was one of the most laborious and successful, as well as one of the most universal, cultivators of zoology which this country has ever produced."