Westermannia
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Genus: | Westermannia Hübner, 1821
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Miaromima Meyrick, 1889 |
Westermannia is a genus of moths of the Nolidae family.
Description
Palpi slender and closely appressed to the frons, where the third joint naked and reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae of male almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless and spineless. Fore wings with nearly rectangular apex. Hind wings with vein 5 from below center of discocellulars.[1]
Species
- Westermannia agrapha Hampson, 1905
- Westermannia anchorita Holland, 1893
- Westermannia antaplagica Draudt, 1950
- Westermannia araeogramma Hampson, 1905
- Westermannia argentata Butler, 1886
- Westermannia argentea Hampson, 1891
- Westermannia argyroplaga Hampson, 1905
- Westermannia brillans Viette, 1965
- Westermannia concha Butler, 1886
- Westermannia convergens Hampson, 1902
- Westermannia cuprea Hampson, 1905
- Westermannia elliptica Bryk, 1913
- Westermannia goodi (Hampson, 1912)
- Westermannia ichneumonis Warren, 1914
- Westermannia immaculata Fletcher, 1961
- Westermannia interrupta Warren, 1916
- Westermannia jucunda Draudt, 1950
- Westermannia longiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Westermannia melanoconica Bryk, 1913
- Westermannia metiara Kobes, 1997
- Westermannia monticola Strand, 1913
- Westermannia nobilis Draudt, 1950
- Westermannia oediplaga Hampson, 1910
- Westermannia ossicolor Warren, 1914
- Westermannia poupa Holloway, 1979
- Westermannia pyridimacula Gaede, 1916
- Westermannia roseitincta Pinhey, 1968
- Westermannia semifusca Warren, 1914
- Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823
- Westermannia triangularis Moore, 1877
References
- ^ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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