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Checklist for Genus Sesamia Guenée, 1852
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
86
4923
29836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
85
4919
29827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
83
4908
29785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
30
3088
21330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
24
2761
19757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
8
1593
10551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
635
3835
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNoctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths
139
1139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeApameini
Guenée, 1841
23
260
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeSesamiina
Fibiger & Goldstein, 2005
10
213
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusSesamia
Guenée, 1852
62Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Africa
1 Genera with 62 Species
Sesamia Guenée, 195462SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
62 Species
Sesamia aethiopica Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
Sesamia babati Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia calamistis (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Sesamia jansei Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Sesamia cannella Rungs, 1954
Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902
Sesamia corymbosus Le Ru, 2020
Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857Corn pink borer
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 fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914
Sesamia geyri Strand, 1915
Sesamia inexpectata Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia inhambane Le Ru, 2022
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 lalaci Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia lusese Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia luyaensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia mabira Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891
Sesamia mapalense Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher D. S., 1961
Sesamia mocoensis (Tams & Bowden, 1953)⇒ Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
Sesamia msowero Le Ru, 2024
Sesamia natalensis Le Ru, 2015
Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914
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 rindini Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia roseoflammata Pinhey, 1956
Sesamia roumeti Laporte, 1991
Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910
Sesamia rungwa Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910
Sesamia salama Le Ru, 2022
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 sudanensis (Tams & Bowden, 1953)⇒ Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
Sesamia taenioleuca Wallengren, 1866
Sesamia taveta Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872
Sesamia ulaukae Le Ru, 2022
Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954


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