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.
Species
- Westermannia agrapha <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Westermannia anchorita <small>Holland, 1893</small>
- Westermannia antaplagica <small>Draudt, 1950</small>
- Westermannia araeogramma <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Westermannia argentata <small>Butler, 1886</small>
- Westermannia argentea <small>Hampson, 1891</small>
- Westermannia argyroplaga <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Westermannia brillans <small>Viette, 1965</small>
- Westermannia concha <small>Butler, 1886</small>
- Westermannia convergens <small>Hampson, 1902</small>
- Westermannia cuprea <small>Hampson, 1905</small>
- Westermannia elliptica <small>Bryk, 1913</small>
- Westermannia goodi <small>(Hampson, 1912)</small>
- Westermannia ichneumonis <small>Warren, 1914</small>
- Westermannia immaculata <small>D. S. Fletcher, 1961</small>
- Westermannia interrupta <small>Warren, 1916</small>
- Westermannia jucunda <small>Draudt, 1950</small>
- Westermannia longiplaga <small>Bethune-Baker, 1906</small>
- Westermannia melanoconica <small>Bryk, 1913</small>
- Westermannia metiara <small>Kobes, 1997</small>
- Westermannia monticola <small>Strand, 1913</small>
- Westermannia nobilis <small>Draudt, 1950</small>
- Westermannia oediplaga <small>Hampson, 1910</small>
- Westermannia ossicolor <small>Warren, 1914</small>
- Westermannia poupa <small>Holloway, 1979</small>
- Westermannia pyridimacula <small>Gaede, 1916</small>
- Westermannia roseitincta <small>Pinhey, 1968</small>
- Westermannia semifusca <small>Warren, 1914</small>
- Westermannia superba <small>Hübner, 1823</small>
- Westermannia triangularis <small>Moore, 1877</small>
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