''Nossa'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Epicopeiidae
Epicopeiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...
. The genus was described by
William Forsell Kirby
William Forsell Kirby (14 January 1844 – 20 November 1912) was an English entomologist and folklorist. He specialized in the study of the stick insects, describing nearly 70 species and 22 genera. His collection filled 120 cabinets and clai ...
in 1892.
Species
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Nossa alpherakii
''Nossa'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphylet ...
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* Herz (surname)
* Herz Bergner (1907–1970), Polish-born Australian novelist
* Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim (1730–1793), French Jewish philanthropist
* Herz., author abbreviation of Germa ...
, 1904)
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Nossa moorei
''Nossa moorei'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Henry John Elwes in 1890. It is found in the Indian state of Assam, Bhutan, ''
( Elwes, 1890)
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Nossa nagaensis
''Nossa nagaensis'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Henry John Elwes in 1890. It is found in the Indian state of Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas a ...
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( Elwes, 1890)
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Nossa nelcinna
''Nossa nelcinna'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1875. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and China.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...
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(Moore
Moore may refer to:
Language
* Mooré language, spoken in West Africa
People
* Moore (surname)
** List of people with surname Moore
* Moore Crosthwaite (1907–1989), a British diplomat and ambassador
* Moore Disney (1765–1846), a senior ...
, 875
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Nossa palaearctica
''Nossa palaearctica'' is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae Species description, first described by Staudinger in 1887. It is found in the Russian Far East and China. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of ''Nossa nelci ...
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( Staudinger, 1887)
Former species
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Nossa chinensis''
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Nossa leechii''
References
External links
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Epicopeiidae
Moth genera
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