Thaumetopoeidae have often been treated as a subfamily in the Notodontidae. They include about 100 species.
Identification: de Freina & Witt 1987, Forster & Wohlfahrt 1960, Hoffmeyer 1974, Koch 1964, Skinner 1984, Soltys 1965.
Nomenclature according to Fauna Europaea.
Species in Belgium: 1.