''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. The genus was described by
William Forsell Kirby in 1892.
Species
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Nossa alpherakii''
(Herz Herz is the German word for ''heart''. It may refer to:
* 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)
*''
Nossa moorei''
( Elwes, 1890)
*''
Nossa nagaensis''
( Elwes, 1890)
*''
Nossa nelcinna''
(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 ...
''
( Staudinger, 1887)
Former species
* ''
Nossa chinensis''
* ''
Nossa leechii''
References
External links
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Epicopeiidae
Moth genera
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