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Taxonomy of Genus Sesamia Guenée, 1852


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
25
9782
130745
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
4288
56577
Genera
Species
SubfamilyNoctuinae
Latreille, 1809
Cutworm, Dart Moths, Noctuine Noctuid Moths
666
25838
Genera
Species
TribeApameini
Guenée, 1841
99
3194
Genera
Species
SubtribeSesamiina
Fibiger & Goldstein, 2005
13
412
Genera
Species
GenusSesamia
Guenée, 1852
156Species
Subnodes of Sesamia Guenée, 1852
SpeciesSesamia aethiopica Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia albavena
SpeciesSesamia albiciliata Snellen, 1880  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
SpeciesSesamia albicolor Janse, 1939
SpeciesSesamia albicostata Lower, 1905  ⇒ Acrapex albicostata
SpeciesSesamia albivea Janse, 1939
SpeciesSesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
3Subspecies
SpeciesSesamia ammopoecilma Krüger, 2005
SpeciesSesamia arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910
SpeciesSesamia atlantica Boursin, 1944
SpeciesSesamia azumai Sugi, 1970
SpeciesSesamia babati Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia babessi Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia bombiformis Wallengren, 1860
SpeciesSesamia botanephaga Tams & J. Bowden, 1953
SpeciesSesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910  ⇒ Sesamia jansei
African pink borer, African pink borer of sugarcane
SpeciesSesamia cannela Rungs, 1954
SpeciesSesamia cannella Rungs, 1954
SpeciesSesamia capensis Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938
SpeciesSesamia ciccarelli Mariani, 1934  ⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides
SpeciesSesamia confusa Sugi, 1982
SpeciesSesamia congoensis Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia coniata Hampson, 1902
SpeciesSesamia coniota Hampson, 1902
SpeciesSesamia corymbosus Le Ru, 2020
SpeciesSesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
Corn pink borer, Corn stem borer, Durra stalk borer
1Subspecies
SpeciesSesamia creticoides Strand, 1920  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
Asiatic pink stem borer, Gramineous stem borer, Pink borer
SpeciesSesamia cyrnaea Mabille, 1866  ⇒ Sesamia cretica
SpeciesSesamia djenoensis Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia echinochloa Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia enanouae Laporte, 1991
SpeciesSesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902
SpeciesSesamia excelsa Laporte, 1976  ⇒ Sciomesa excelsa
SpeciesSesamia firmata Moyal, 2011
SpeciesSesamia fraterna Lederer, 1857  ⇒ Sesamia cretica
Corn stem borer, Durra stem borer, Greater sugarcane borer
SpeciesSesamia funebris Krüger, 2005
SpeciesSesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914
SpeciesSesamia geyri Strand, 1915
SpeciesSesamia gracilis Rebel, 1898  ⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides
SpeciesSesamia griselda Warren, 1913
SpeciesSesamia grisescens Warren, 1911
Pink stalk borer, Pink sugarcane borer, Ramu shoot borer
SpeciesSesamia hemiparacta Wileman & West, 1929
SpeciesSesamia hemisparacta Wileman & West, 1929
SpeciesSesamia hesperica FREYER, 1852  ⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides
SpeciesSesamia hirayamae Matsumura, 1929
SpeciesSesamia ilonae Hacker, 2002
SpeciesSesamia incerta Walker, 1856
SpeciesSesamia inexpectata Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia inferens Walker, 1856
Asiatic pink stem borer, Gramineous stem borer, Pink borer
SpeciesSesamia inhambane Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia innocens Butler, 1881  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
SpeciesSesamia inquirinda Strand, 1920
SpeciesSesamia jansei Tams & J. Bowden, 1953
1Subspecies
SpeciesSesamia kabirara Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia kafulo Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia kalale Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia kamba Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia kavirondo Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia kikuyuensis Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia kosempoana Strand, 1920  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
Asiatic pink stem borer, Gramineous stem borer, Pink borer
SpeciesSesamia kosempona Strand, 1920
SpeciesSesamia kosemponis Strand, 1920
SpeciesSesamia kouilouensis Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia lacteola Christoph, 1893
SpeciesSesamia lalaci Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia lefini Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia libode Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia louyaensis Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia lusese Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia luyaensis Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia mabira Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891
SpeciesSesamia maloukou Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia mapalense Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia mediastriga Bethune-Baker, 1911
SpeciesSesamia mediostriga Krüger, 2005
SpeciesSesamia melianoides Rothschild, 1916
SpeciesSesamia mesosticha Fletcher D. S., 1961
SpeciesSesamia minuscula Laporte, 1991  ⇒ Sciomesa boulardi
SpeciesSesamia minuta Laporte, 1991  ⇒ Sciomesa boulardi
SpeciesSesamia mirifica Peyerimhoff, 1877
SpeciesSesamia mocoensis Tams & Bowden, 1953  ⇒ Sesamia albivena
SpeciesSesamia monodi Rungs, 1963
SpeciesSesamia msowero Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia nangaensis Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia natalensis Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914
SpeciesSesamia nigropunctata Wileman, 1912
SpeciesSesamia nonagriodes Lefèbvre, 1827
SpeciesSesamia nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827
Maize Wainscot, Mediterranean corn borer, Pink stalk borer
SpeciesSesamia obliquifascia Hampson, 1909  ⇒ Buakea obliquifascia
SpeciesSesamia oriaula Tams & J. Bowden, 1953
SpeciesSesamia pallida Butler, 1883
SpeciesSesamia pecki Lederer, 1857  ⇒ Sesamia cretica
Corn stem borer, Durra stem borer, Greater sugarcane borer
SpeciesSesamia pennipuncta Moyal, 2011
SpeciesSesamia penniseti Tams & J. Bowden, 1953
SpeciesSesamia plagiographa Fletcher D. S., 1961
SpeciesSesamia poebora Tams & J. Bowden, 1953
SpeciesSesamia poeophaga
SpeciesSesamia poephaga Tams & J. Bowden, 1953
SpeciesSesamia proscripta Walker, 1856  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
Coulee cricket
SpeciesSesamia pseudoturpis Kononenko & Ahn, 1998
SpeciesSesamia punctilinea Wileman, 1912
SpeciesSesamia punctipennis Krüger, 2005  ⇒ Sciomesa punctipennis
SpeciesSesamia punctivena Wileman, 1814
SpeciesSesamia rindini Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia robustior Strand, 1920
SpeciesSesamia roseoflammata Pinhey, 1956
SpeciesSesamia roseoflammatra Pinhey, 1956
SpeciesSesamia roumeti Laporte, 1991
SpeciesSesamia royi Laporte, 1973
SpeciesSesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902
SpeciesSesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910
SpeciesSesamia rungsi Boursin, 1957
SpeciesSesamia rungwa Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910
SpeciesSesamia sacchari Wollaston, 1858  ⇒ Sesamia nonagrioides
SpeciesSesamia salama Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia satauensis Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia schoenoplectus Le Ru, 2020
SpeciesSesamia sciagrapha Fletcher D. S., 1961
SpeciesSesamia simillima Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia simplaria Rungs, 1954
SpeciesSesamia sinuosella Bryk, 1948
SpeciesSesamia sokutsuana Strand, 1920  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
Asiatic pink stem borer, Gramineous stem borer, Pink borer
SpeciesSesamia soyema Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914
SpeciesSesamia stictica Berio, 1976
SpeciesSesamia striata Lederer, 1857  ⇒ Sesamia cretica
Corn stem borer, Durra stem borer, Greater sugarcane borer
SpeciesSesamia submarginalis Hampson, 1891
SpeciesSesamia sudanensis Tams & Bowden, 1953  ⇒ Sesamia albivena
SpeciesSesamia sylvata Janse, 1939
SpeciesSesamia taenioleuca Wallengren, 1866
SpeciesSesamia taveta Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia teke Le Ru, 2024
SpeciesSesamia temberma Le Ru, 2020
SpeciesSesamia tosta Snellen, 1872
SpeciesSesamia tranquilaris Walker, 1856  ⇒ Sesamia inferens
Asiatic pink stem borer, Gramineous stem borer, Pink borer
SpeciesSesamia tranquillans Butler, 1880
SpeciesSesamia turpis Butler, 1879
SpeciesSesamia typhae Le Ru, 2015
SpeciesSesamia ulaukae Le Ru, 2022
SpeciesSesamia uniformis Dudgeon, 1905
Maize shoot borer, Pointhead flounder
SpeciesSesamia vanharteni Hacker & Fibiger, 2002
SpeciesSesamia veronica Moyal, 2011
SpeciesSesamia viettei Rungs, 1954
SpeciesSesamia vuteria sensu Hampson, 1910
SpeciesSesamia vuterioides Strand, 1915
SpeciesSesamia waziristana Gyulai, 2020
SpeciesSesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963

Synonyms
Conicophoria (Matsumura, 1929)
Microsemyra (Butler, 1883)


Distribution of Sesamia Guenée, 1852
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Albania


Algeria


Andorra


Angola


Austria


Belgium


Benin


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Botswana


Bulgaria


Cameroon


Cape Verde


Central African Republic


China
3 Species
Comoros


Croatia


Cuba


Cyprus


Democratic Republic of the Congo


Egypt


Eritrea


Ethiopia


Fiji


France
3 Species
Gambia


Germany
1 Species
Ghana


Greece


Guinea


India
4 Species
Indonesia


Iran


Israel


Italy
2 Species
Ivory Coast


Japan
6 Species
Kenya


Lesotho


Libya


Lithuania


Madagascar
8 Species
Malawi


Mali


Malta


Mauritania


Mauritius


Morocco


Mozambique


Namibia


Nigeria


Oman


Pakistan


Papua New Guinea


Portugal


Republic South Africa
25 Species
Russia
3 Species
Rwanda


Saudi Arabia


Senegal


Slovenia


Somalia


Somaliland


South Korea


South Sudan


Spain


Sri Lanka


Sudan


Syria


Taiwan
8 Species
Tanzania


Togo


Turkey
3 Species
Turkmenistan


Uganda


United Arab Emirates


USA
1 Species
Uzbekistan


Yemen


Zambia


Zimbabwe




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