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Ptilodoninae is a subfamily of the
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
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, esp ...
. They are sometimes merged into the
Notodontinae Notodontinae is the nominate subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae. The Ptilodoninae are sometimes merged herein. The genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil org ...
. The
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
list is preliminary, as not all Notodontidae have been assigned to subfamilies yet.


Genera

* '' Allodonta'' * '' Allodontoides'' * '' Epinotodonta'' * '' Epodonta'' * '' Hagapteryx'' * '' Hexafrenum'' * '' Higena'' * '' Himeropteryx'' * '' Hiradonta'' * '' Hyperaeschrella'' * '' Jurivalentinia'' * '' Lophontosia'' * '' Megaceramis'' * '' Microphalera'' * '' Odontosia'' * '' Odontosina'' * '' Pterostoma'' * '' Ptilodon'' * '' Ptilodontosia'' * '' Ptilophora'' * '' Spatalina'' * '' Togepteryx'' Notodontidae Moth subfamilies {{Notodontidae-stub