Westermannia is a genus of moths of the monotypic subfamily Westermanniinae of the family Nolidae. The genus was described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Description Their palpi are slender and closely appressed (flattened down) to the frons, where the third joint is naked and reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae of male almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless and spineless. Forewings with nearly rectangular apex. Hindwings with vein 5 from below center of discocellulars.
Species Westermannia agrapha Hampson, 1905 Westermannia anchorita Holland, 1893 Westermannia antaplagica Draudt, 1950 Westermannia araeogramma Hampson, 1905 Westermannia argentata Butler, 1886 Westermannia argentea Hampson, 1891 Westermannia argyroplaga Hampson, 1905 Westermannia brillans Viette, 1965 Westermannia concha Butler, 1886 Westermannia convergens Hampson, 1902 Westermannia cuprea Hampson, 1905 Westermannia elliptica Bryk, 1913 Westermannia goodi (Hampson, 1912) Westermannia ichneumonis Warren, 1914 Westermannia immaculata D. S. Fletcher, 1961 Westermannia interrupta Warren, 1916 Westermannia jucunda Draudt, 1950 Westermannia longiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906 Westermannia melanoconica Bryk, 1913 Westermannia metiara Kobes, 1997 Westermannia monticola Strand, 1913 Westermannia nobilis Draudt, 1950 Westermannia oediplaga Hampson, 1910 Westermannia ossicolor Warren, 1914 Westermannia poupa Holloway, 1979 Westermannia pyridimacula Gaede, 1916 Westermannia roseitincta Pinhey, 1968 Westermannia semifusca Warren, 1914 Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823 Westermannia triangularis Moore, 1877
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