Type species: Macrosila nyctiphanes Walker, 1856 (but included by Boisduval as "nyctiphanes Boisd.", an incorrect authorship), by subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 682.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
