Family

Tufted Moths

Nolidae

107 species in our catalog · found in 27 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderLepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
FamilyNolidae (Tufted Moths)

Species in this group

Iscadia furcifera

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Neostictoptera nigropuncta

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Westermannia superba

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Meganola pernitens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Sinna calospila

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Westermannia elliptica

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Diehlea ducalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Ariolica argentea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Earias cupreoviridis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Kerala decipiens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Blenina chlorophila

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Xenochroa mediogrisea

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Acatapaustus mesoleuca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carea angulata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tyana marina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Uraba lugens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola perluta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eligma narcissus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tyana falcata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Negeta contrariata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calymera albimargo

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chloroplaga nygmia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola confusalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calathusa hypotherma

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Aiteta iridias

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Meganola nitidoides

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Earias insulana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pseudoips prasinana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calymera negativapex

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola lucidalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Xanthodes transversa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

🦋 No photo available

Nola internella

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola hyalospila

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Gadirtha impingens

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Maceda mansueta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Macrobarasa xantholopha

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Blenina quinaria

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Xenochroa purpureolineata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Earias albovenosana

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Earias biplaga

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Earias smaragdina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Giaura niveidisca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Etanna pallibrunnea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Xenochroa chlorostigma

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calymera elaeogramma

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Titulcia confictella

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Manoba major

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Westermannia gloriosa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Barasa cymatistis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Carea unipunctata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calathusa basicunea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Risoba yanagitai

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola fasciata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Gabala argentata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Neaxestis rhoda

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Earias flavida

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Xanthodes albago

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola epicentra

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nola pygmaeodes

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Meganola albula

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

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Showing the 60 most likely of 107 species — the park table below covers them all.

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

~10%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

<5%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Tufted Moths

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	17 of 107	~90%
	Sinna calospila			~20%
	Diehlea ducalis			~20%
	Blenina chlorophila			~20%
	Xenochroa mediogrisea			~20%
	Tyana marina			~10%
	Calymera albimargo			~10%
	Chloroplaga nygmia			~10%
	Meganola nitidoides			~10%
	Calymera negativapex			~10%
	Maceda mansueta			~10%
	Macrobarasa xantholopha			~10%
	Blenina quinaria			~10%
	+5 more at the park page…
2	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	26 of 107	~90%
	Acatapaustus mesoleuca			~10%
	Aiteta iridias			~10%
	Negeta contrariata			~10%
	Transverse Moth			~10%
	🦋 Nola internella			~10%
	Nola hyalospila			~10%
	Gadirtha impingens			~10%
	Maceda mansueta			~10%
	Westermannia gloriosa			~10%
	Barasa cymatistis			~10%
	Carea unipunctata			~10%
	Earias flavida			~10%
	+14 more at the park page…
3	Main Ridge Forest Reserve	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	4 of 107	~70%
	Iscadia furcifera			~30%
	Neostictoptera nigropuncta			~20%
	Meganola pernitens			~20%
	Nola perluta			~10%
4	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	4 of 107	~60%
	Westermannia superba			~20%
	Westermannia elliptica			~20%
	Cotton Green Moth			~20%
	Carea angulata			~10%
5	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	18 of 107	~60%
	Red Flag			~10%
	Cream Drab			~10%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
	Negeta luminosa			~10%
	Egyptian Bollworm			~10%
	Arch Drab			<5%
	Bryophilopsis lunifera			<5%
	Bryophilopsis curvifera			<5%
	Odontestis striata			<5%
	Aiteta thermistis			<5%
	Cotton Green Moth			<5%
	Cattle Eye Moth			<5%
	+6 more at the park page…
6	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	7 of 107	~50%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
	Tyana falcata			~10%
	Nola lucidalis			~10%
	Risoba yanagitai			~10%
	Nola fasciata			~10%
	Gabala argentata			~10%
	Sinna extrema			~10%
7	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	8 of 107	~50%
	Negeta contrariata			~10%
	Calathusa hypotherma			~10%
	Maceda mansueta			~10%
	Calathusa basicunea			~10%
	Nola hyalospila			~10%
	Nola pygmaeodes			~10%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			~10%
	Nola squalida			~10%
8	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	9 of 107	~40%
	Patched Tuft Moth			~10%
	Etanna clopaea			~10%
	Calathusa basicunea			~10%
	Detounda leptoplasta			~10%
	Earias smaragdina			~10%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			<5%
	Plain Tuft Moth			<5%
	Transverse Moth			<5%
	Austrocarea iocephala			<5%
9	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 107	~30%
	Ariolica argentea			~20%
	Kerala decipiens			~20%
10	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 107	~30%
	Earias smaragdina			~10%
	Manoba major			~10%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			~10%
	Nola squalida			~10%
	Acatapaustus leucospila			~10%
11	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	6 of 107	~30%
	Green Silver-Lines			~10%
	Least Black Arches			~10%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			~10%
	Kent Black Arches			~10%
	Oak Nycteoline			~10%
	Scarce Black Arches			<5%
12	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	6 of 107	~20%
	Green Silver-Lines			~10%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			<5%
	Least Black Arches			<5%
	Kent Black Arches			<5%
	Small Black Arches			<5%
	Nola cicatricalis			<5%
13	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4 of 107	~20%
	Kent Black Arches			~10%
	Cream-Bordered Green Pea			~10%
	Scarce Black Arches			~10%
	Short-Cloaked Moth			<5%
14	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	4 of 107	~20%
	Labanda fasciata			~10%
	Maceda mansueta			~10%
	Paracrama dulcissima			~10%
	Urbona leucophaea			~10%
15	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 107	~20%
	Egyptian Bollworm			~10%
	Earias albovenosana			~10%
16	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 107	~20%
	Least Black Arches			~10%
	Green Silver-Lines			~10%
17	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 107	~20%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			~10%
	Nola crucigera			<5%
18	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 107	~10%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			~10%
	Nola cicatricalis			<5%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
19	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 107	~10%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
	Arch Drab			~10%
20	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 107	~10%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			~10%
	Small Black Arches			<5%
21	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 107	~10%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
22	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 107	~10%
	Titulcia confictella			~10%
23	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 107	~10%
	Dyar's Lichen Moth			~10%
24	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 107	~10%
	Least Black Arches			~10%
25	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 107	~10%
	🦋 Nola bifiliferata			~10%
26	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 107	<5%
	Ceanothus Nola Moth			<5%
27	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 107	<5%
	Spiny Bollworm			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	9 of 107	~30%
	Nola squalida			~10%
	Garella vallata			<5%
	Transverse Moth			<5%
	Barasa cymatistis			<5%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			<5%
	Austrocarea iocephala			<5%
	Etanna clopaea			<5%
	Nola hyalospila			<5%
	Nola fasciata			<5%
2	Hong Kong	🇨🇳 China	7 of 107	~20%
	Pigeonpea Pod Borer			~10%
	Nola lucidalis			<5%
	Negeta contrariata			<5%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			<5%
	Blenina quinaria			<5%
	Carea angulata			<5%
	Gabala argentata			<5%
3	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	2 of 107	~20%
	Green Silver-Lines			~20%
	Kent Black Arches			~10%
4	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	6 of 107	~20%
	Least Black Arches			<5%
	Oak Nycteoline			<5%
	Cream-Bordered Green Pea			<5%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			<5%
	Short-Cloaked Moth			<5%
	Kent Black Arches			<5%
5	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	5 of 107	~20%
	Least Black Arches			<5%
	Short-Cloaked Moth			<5%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			<5%
	Oak Nycteoline			<5%
6	Thiruvananthapuram	🇮🇳 India	1 of 107	~20%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~20%
7	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 107	~20%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			~10%
	Least Black Arches			<5%
	Oak Nycteoline			<5%
8	Kochi	🇮🇳 India	3 of 107	~20%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
	Transverse Moth			~10%
	Nola fasciata			<5%
9	Nanjing	🇨🇳 China	2 of 107	~20%
	Sinna extrema			~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
10	Nairobi	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 107	~20%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
	Egyptian Bollworm			~10%
11	Antananarivo	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1 of 107	~10%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
12	Harare	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1 of 107	~10%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
13	Nagoya	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
14	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 107	~10%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			~10%
	Austrocarea iocephala			<5%
	Plain Tuft Moth			<5%
15	Qingdao	🇨🇳 China	1 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
16	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 107	~10%
	Green Silver-Lines			~10%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			<5%
17	Salem	🇮🇳 India	1 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
18	Paris	🇫🇷 France	3 of 107	~10%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
	Least Black Arches			<5%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			<5%
19	Bengaluru	🇮🇳 India	3 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			<5%
	Nola lucidalis			<5%
	Spotted Bollworm			<5%
20	Osaka	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
	Gadirtha impingens			<5%
21	New Delhi	🇮🇳 India	2 of 107	~10%
	Cotton Green Moth			~10%
	Cream Drab			<5%
22	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 107	~10%
	Egyptian Bollworm			~10%
23	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 107	~10%
	Gum Leaf Skeletoniser			~10%
24	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 107	~10%
	Green Silver-Lines			~10%
25	Beijing	🇨🇳 China	2 of 107	~10%
	Scarce Black Arches			<5%
	Sinna extrema			<5%
26	Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	3 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			<5%
	Transverse Moth			<5%
	Gadirtha impingens			<5%
27	Pretoria	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 107	~10%
	Spiny Bollworm			~10%
28	Seoul	🇰🇷 South Korea	2 of 107	~10%
	Hairy Rice Caterpillar			<5%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
29	Hangzhou	🇨🇳 China	1 of 107	~10%
	Sinna extrema			~10%
30	Hyderabad	🇮🇳 India	1 of 107	~10%
	Ailanthus Defoliator			~10%
31	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	2 of 107	~10%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
	Oak Nycteoline			<5%
32	Chennai	🇮🇳 India	1 of 107	~10%
	Carea angulata			~10%
33	Tuen Mun	🇨🇳 China	1 of 107	~10%
	Carea angulata			~10%
34	Kolkata	🇮🇳 India	1 of 107	~10%
	Hairy Rice Caterpillar			~10%
35	Durban	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 107	<5%
	Spiny Bollworm			<5%
36	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 107	<5%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
37	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 107	<5%
	Egyptian Bollworm			<5%
38	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 107	<5%
	Scarce Silver-Lines			<5%
39	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 107	<5%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
40	Mumbai	🇮🇳 India	1 of 107	<5%
	Transverse Moth			<5%
41	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 107	<5%
	Green Silver-Lines			<5%
42	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 107	<5%
	Austrocarea iocephala			<5%
43	Guangzhou	🇨🇳 China	1 of 107	<5%
	Pigeonpea Pod Borer			<5%
44	Houston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 107	<5%
	Dyar's Lichen Moth			<5%
45	Taipei	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 107	<5%
	Nola fasciata			<5%
46	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 107	<5%
	Dyar's Lichen Moth			<5%
47	Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	1 of 107	<5%
	Westermannia superba			<5%
48	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 107	<5%
	Ceanothus Nola Moth			<5%

Tufted Moths

Species in this group

Iscadia furcifera

Neostictoptera nigropuncta

Westermannia superba

Meganola pernitens

Sinna calospila

Westermannia elliptica

Diehlea ducalis

Ariolica argentea

Cotton Green Moth

Kerala decipiens

Blenina chlorophila

Xenochroa mediogrisea

Acatapaustus mesoleuca

Carea angulata

Tyana marina

Gum Leaf Skeletoniser

Nola perluta

Ailanthus Defoliator

Tyana falcata

Negeta contrariata

Calymera albimargo

Chloroplaga nygmia

Least Black Arches

Calathusa hypotherma

Aiteta iridias

Meganola nitidoides

Egyptian Bollworm

Green Silver-Lines

Calymera negativapex

Nola lucidalis

Transverse Moth

Nola internella

Nola hyalospila

Gadirtha impingens

Maceda mansueta

Macrobarasa xantholopha

Blenina quinaria

Xenochroa purpureolineata

Earias albovenosana

Spiny Bollworm

Earias smaragdina

Giaura niveidisca

Etanna pallibrunnea

Xenochroa chlorostigma

Calymera elaeogramma

Titulcia confictella

Manoba major

Westermannia gloriosa

Barasa cymatistis

Carea unipunctata

Calathusa basicunea

Risoba yanagitai

Nola fasciata

Gabala argentata

Red Flag

Earias flavida

Cream Drab

Patched Tuft Moth

Nola pygmaeodes

Kent Black Arches

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Tufted Moths

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked