''Melinoessa'' is a genus of
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 family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are 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, paraphyleti ...
erected by
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
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in 1855.
Species
Some species of this genus are:
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Melinoessa aemonia''
(Swinhoe, 1904)
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Melinoessa amplissimata
''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 ...
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(Walker, 1863)
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Melinoessa argenteomaculata''
(Strand, 1918)
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Melinoessa asteria''
L. B. Prout, 1934
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Melinoessa aureola''
L. B. Prout, 1934
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Melinoessa catenata''
(Saalmüller, 1891)
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Melinoessa croesaria''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
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Melinoessa eurycrossa''
L. B. Prout, 1934
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Melinoessa fulvescens''
L. B. Prout, 1916
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Melinoessa guenoti''
Herbulot, 1981
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Melinoessa horni''
L. B. Prout, 1922
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Melinoessa midas''
L. B. Prout, 1922
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Melinoessa molybdauges''
L. B. Prout, 1927
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Melinoessa palumbata''
(Warren, 1894)
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Melinoessa pauper''
Warren, 1901
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Melinoessa perlimbata''
(Guenée, 1857)
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Melinoessa pieridaria
''Melinoessa pieridaria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae Species description, first described by William Jacob Holland in 1920. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
References
Moths described in 1920
Ennominae
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(Holland, 1920)
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Melinoessa sodaliata''
(Walker, 1863)
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Melinoessa stellata''
(Butler, 1878)
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Melinoessa straminata''
(Walker, 1869)
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Melinoessa subalbida''
Warren, 1905
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Melinoessa tanyglochis''
L. B. Prout, 1928
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Melinoessa tessmanni''
(Gaede, 1917)
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Melinoessa torquilinea''
L. B. Prout, 1916
References
Ennominae
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