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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Nolidae > Westermanniinae > Westermannia

Westermannia argentea Hampson, 1891

Westermannia argentea

Westermannia argentea
Westermannia argentea
Westermannia argentea
Westermannia argentea
Westermannia argentea
Westermannia argentea
Westermannia argentea
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List of Westermannia Hübner, [1821] species known from India.
Westermannia argentea Hampson, 1891. India (Nilgiris, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andamans); Sri Lanka.
Westermannia elliptica Bryk, 1913. India (Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh); Nepal.
Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823. India (Mizoram, Maharashtra, West & South India, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar Isl.); Sri Lanka; Nepal.
Westermannia triangularis Moore, 1877. India (Sikkim, Assam, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar Isl.); Nepal.

 

References:
  1. Hampson, G. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae, pg 359, # 2178
  2. Holloway, J. D. 1983. The Moths of Borneo. Part 4. Notodontidae. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-18/westermanniinae/westermanniinae_4_3.php [accessed 7 December 2016]

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Anonymous. 2022. Westermannia argentea Hampson, 1891. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355905/Westermannia-argentea
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