The family Nolidae belongs to the superfamily Noctuoidea comprising about 1,800 described species of 186 genera in the world. In China, a total of 101 species, 45 genera were recorded in ‘Fauna Sinica’ Vol.16, (1999) and in case of Japan, 110 species, 42 genera have been recorded in ‘The Standard Moth of Japan Ⅱ’, (2011). In Korea, a taxonomic study of this family has been carried out by several reseachers: Fixsen (1887), Leech (1888), Inoue (1976, 1982), Oh (2001), Sohn et al (2005), Choi (2006, 2011). However the family Nolidae has rarely been studied in Korea. A total 45 species, 25 genera have been reported from Korea (NIBR, 2016). In the present study, We overviewed the family Nolidae, with illustrations of adults in each genus, add checklist.

• Yeong-Bin Cha(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Sol-Moon Na(Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University)
• Dong-June Lee(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Jae-Ho Ko(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Tak-Gi Lee(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Hyeong- Kyu Kim(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Chang-Moon Jang(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea)
• Yang-Seop Bae(Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea, Bio-Resource and Environmental Center, Incheon National University)