Biology:Melinoessa

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Melinoessa
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Melinoessa pieridaria
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Melinoessa

Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Synonyms
  • Hyphenophora Warren, 1894
  • Obrussa Saalmüller, 1891
  • Rhamidava Walker, 1863
  • Timana Walker, 1869
  • Traina Walker, 1869

Melinoessa is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855.

Species

Some species of this genus are:[1]

  • Melinoessa aemonia (Swinhoe, 1904)
  • Melinoessa amplissimata (Walker, 1863)
  • Melinoessa argenteomaculata (Strand, 1918)
  • Melinoessa asteria L. B. Prout, 1934
  • Melinoessa aureola L. B. Prout, 1934
  • Melinoessa catenata (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Melinoessa croesaria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Melinoessa eurycrossa L. B. Prout, 1934
  • Melinoessa fulvescens L. B. Prout, 1916
  • Melinoessa guenoti Herbulot, 1981
  • Melinoessa horni L. B. Prout, 1922
  • Melinoessa midas L. B. Prout, 1922
  • Melinoessa molybdauges L. B. Prout, 1927
  • Melinoessa palumbata (Warren, 1894)
  • Melinoessa pauper Warren, 1901
  • Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857)
  • Melinoessa pieridaria (Holland, 1920)
  • Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1863)
  • Melinoessa stellata (Butler, 1878)
  • Melinoessa straminata (Walker, 1869)
  • Melinoessa subalbida Warren, 1905
  • Melinoessa tanyglochis L. B. Prout, 1928
  • Melinoessa tessmanni (Gaede, 1917)
  • Melinoessa torquilinea L. B. Prout, 1916

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2018). "Melinoessa Herrich-Schäffer, 1855". http://www.afromoths.net/genus/show/614800. Retrieved April 12, 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6812543 entry