Westermannia
Westermannia | |
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Westermannia elliptica | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Subfamily: | Westermanniinae
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Genus: | Westermannia Hübner, 1821
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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[]
- Hampson, 1905
- Holland, 1893
- Draudt, 1950
- Hampson, 1905
- Butler, 1886
- Hampson, 1891
- Hampson, 1905
- Viette, 1965
- Butler, 1886
- Hampson, 1902
- Hampson, 1905
- Westermannia elliptica Bryk, 1913
- (Hampson, 1912)
- Warren, 1914
- D. S. Fletcher, 1961
- Warren, 1916
- Draudt, 1950
- Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Bryk, 1913
- Kobes, 1997
- Strand, 1913
- Draudt, 1950
- Hampson, 1910
- Warren, 1914
- Holloway, 1979
- Gaede, 1916
- Pinhey, 1968
- Warren, 1914
- Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823
- 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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Categories:
- Nolidae
- Nolidae stubs