Melinoessa

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

Some species of this genus are:^[1]

• 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

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