''Termessa'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 subfamily

Arctiinae The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species.Scoble, MJ. (1995). ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and D ...

The genus was described by Newman in 1856.

Species

* '' Termessa catocalina'' (Walker,

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* '' Termessa congrua'' Walker,

/small> * '' Termessa conographa'' Meyrick, 1886 * '' Termessa diplographa'' Turner, 1899 * '' Termessa discrepans'' Walker,

/small> * '' Termessa gratiosa'' (Walker,

* '' Termessa laeta'' Walker, 1856 * '' Termessa nivosa'' Walker, 1865 * '' Termessa orthocrossa'' Turner, 1922 * '' Termessa shepherdi'' Newman, 1856 * '' Termessa xanthomelas'' Lower, 1892 * '' Termessa zonophanes'' Meyrick, 1888

References

External links

* Lithosiini Moth genera {{Lithosiini-stub