Westermannia

Westermannia
	Westermannia elliptica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Westermannia; Hübner, 1821
Synonyms
	Miaromima Meyrick, 1889;

Westermannia is a genus of moths of the monotypic subfamily Westermanniinae of the family Nolidae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.

Description

Their palpi are slender and closely appressed (flattened down) to the frons, where the third joint is naked and reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae of male almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless and spineless. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Hindwings 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 D. S. 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. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Savela, Markku. "Westermannia Hübner, [1821]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Westermannia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

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[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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