''Westermannia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s of the monotypic subfamily Westermanniinae of the family

Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...

. The genus was described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

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.

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

* * Nolidae {{Nolidae-stub