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Checklist for Genus Sesamia Guenée, 1852
and region Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2110
116133
1222976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2101
115931
1221959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1812
113780
1210168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
929
84484
1007160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
146
21770
211450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
134
21590
211034
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
123
21455
210065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
44
13274
133988
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
37
11734
117521
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
11
6219
54731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
2604
20314
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNoctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths
593
8628
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeApameini
Guenée, 1841
89
1099
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeSesamiina
Fibiger & Goldstein, 2005
11
331
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusSesamia
Guenée, 1852
118Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for Continents
1 Genera with 118 Species
Sesamia Guenée, 1963118SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
118 Species
Sesamia aethiopica Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia albiciliata (Snellen, 1880)⇒ Sesamia inferens Walker, 1856
Sesamia albicolor Janse, 1939
Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
Sesamia ammopoecilma Krüger, 2005
Sesamia atlantica Boursin, 1944
Sesamia azumai Sugi, 1970
Sesamia babati Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia babessi Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia botanephaga Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia calamistis (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Sesamia jansei Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia cannela Rungs, 1954
Sesamia cannella Rungs, 1954
Sesamia capensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938
Sesamia confusa Sugi, 1982
Sesamia congoensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902
Sesamia corymbosus Le Ru, 2020
Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857Corn pink borer
Sesamia cyrnaea (Mabille, 1866)⇒ Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
Sesamia djenoensis Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia echinochloa Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia enanouae Laporte, 1991
Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902
Sesamia excelsa (Laporte, 1976)⇒ Sciomesa excelsa Laporte, 1976
Sesamia firmata Moyal, 2011
Sesamia fraterna (Lederer, 1857)⇒ Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
Sesamia funebris Krüger, 2005
Sesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914
Sesamia geyri Strand, 1915
Sesamia gracilis (Rebel, 1898)⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827
Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913
Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1911Pink stalk borer
Sesamia hesperica (FREYER, 1852)⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827
Sesamia ilonae Hacker, 2002
Sesamia incerta Walker, 1856
Sesamia inexpectata Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia inferens Walker, 1856Asiatic pink stem borer
Sesamia inhambane Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia innocens (Butler, 1881)⇒ Sesamia inferens Walker, 1856
Sesamia jansei Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia kabirara Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia kafulo Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia kalale Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia kamba Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia kavirondo Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia kikuyuensis Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia kouilouensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia lacteola Christoph, 1893
Sesamia lalaci Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia lefini Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia libode Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia lusese Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia luyaensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia mabira Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891
Sesamia maloukou Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia mapalense Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia mediastriga Bethune-Baker, 1911
Sesamia mediostriga Krüger, 2005
Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher D. S., 1961
Sesamia mocoensis (Tams & Bowden, 1953)⇒ Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963
Sesamia msowero Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia nangaensis Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia natalensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914
Sesamia nigropunctata Wileman, 1912
Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827Maize Wainscot
Sesamia oriaula Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia pecki (Lederer, 1857)⇒ Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
Sesamia pennipuncta Moyal, 2011
Sesamia penniseti Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia plagiographa Fletcher D. S., 1961
Sesamia poebora Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia poephaga Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia proscripta (Walker, 1856)⇒ Sesamia inferens Walker, 1856
Sesamia punctilinea Wileman, 1912
Sesamia punctipennis (Krüger, 2005)⇒ Sciomesa punctipennis Krüger, 2005
Sesamia punctivena Wileman, 1814
Sesamia rindini Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia roseoflammata Pinhey, 1956
Sesamia roumeti Laporte, 1991
Sesamia royi Laporte, 1973
Sesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902
Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910
Sesamia rungwa Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910
Sesamia sacchari (Wollaston, 1858)⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827
Sesamia salama Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia satauensis Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia schoenoplectus Le Ru, 2020
Sesamia sciagrapha Fletcher D. S., 1961
Sesamia simillima Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia simplaria Rungs, 1954
Sesamia soyema Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914
Sesamia stictica Berio, 1976
Sesamia striata (Lederer, 1857)⇒ Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
Sesamia submarginalis Hampson, 1891
Sesamia sudanensis (Tams & Bowden, 1953)⇒ Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
Sesamia sylvata Janse, 1939
Sesamia taenioleuca Wallengren, 1866
Sesamia taveta Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia teke Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia temberma Le Ru, 2020
Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872
Sesamia tranquilaris (Walker, 1856)⇒ Sesamia inferens Walker, 1856
Sesamia turpis Butler, 1879
Sesamia typhae Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia ulaukae Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia uniformis Dudgeon, 1905Maize shoot borer
Sesamia vanharteni Hacker & Fib..., 2002
Sesamia veronica Moyal, 2011
Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954
Sesamia vuterioides Strand, 1915
Sesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963


Links, sources and further information
Sesamia at afromoths.net
Sesamia at gbif.org
Sesamia at itis.gov