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Genus of moths

Melinoessa

Melinoessa pieridaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Subfamily:	Ennominae
Genus:	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:

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

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Melinoessa Herrich-Schäffer, 1855". Afromoths. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

Taxon identifiers
Melinoessa	Wikidata: Q6812543 ButMoth: 17505.0 CoL: 92F8F EoL: 53340 GBIF: 1963621 iNaturalist: 604818 IRMNG: 1101901 LepIndex: 239165 NCBI: 1430719

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