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Checklist of Subtribe Sesamiina Fibiger & Goldstein, 2005
for Continents


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
2109
116061
1221557
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
2100
115859
1220540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1811
113709
1208758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
928
84435
1006159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
146
21767
211345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
134
21587
210929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
123
21452
209960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
44
13271
133903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
37
11731
117439
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
11
6218
54727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Owlet Moths
2603
20312
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
 


Genera for Continents
11 Genera with 331 Species
Acrapex Hampson, 2017141SpeciesTaxom
Buakea Moyal & al., 20113SpeciesTaxom
Busseola Thurau, 189114SpeciesTaxom
Carelis J. Bowden, 20106SpeciesTaxom
Conicofrontia Hampson, 19025SpeciesTaxom
Feraxinia5SpeciesTaxom
Manga J. Bowden, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Poecopa J. Bowden, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Poeonoma Tams & J. Bo..., 20207SpeciesTaxom
Sciomesa Tams & J. Bo..., 196127SpeciesTaxom
Sesamia Guenée, 1963119SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
331 Species
Acrapex abbayei Laporte, 1984
Acrapex abyssinica Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex aenigma Felder & Rog..., 1874
Acrapex akunamatata Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex albertorum De Prins, 2021
Acrapex albicostata Hampson, 1916
Acrapex albivena Hampson, 1910
Acrapex alemura Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex apexangula Laporte, 1984
Acrapex apicestriata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Acrapex atriceps Hampson, 1910
Acrapex ausseili Laporte, 1984
Acrapex azumai Sugi, 1970
Acrapex barnsi Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex biroseata Berio, 1976
Acrapex breviptera Janse, 1939
Acrapex brunnea Hampson, 1910
Acrapex brunneella Strand, 1922
Acrapex brunneolimbata Berio, 1974
Acrapex brunneosa (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Acrapex carnea Hampson, 1905
Acrapex capelongo Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex carnea Hampson, 1905
Acrapex concolorana Berio, 1973
Acrapex congoensis Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex cuprescens Hampson, 1914
Acrapex curvata Hampson, 1902
Acrapex dabaga Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex dallolmoi Berio, 1973
Acrapex elgona Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex elisabethiana Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex eucantha Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex exanimis Meyrick, 1899Spotted whiff
Acrapex exsangius
Acrapex exsanguis Lower, 1901
Acrapex ferenigra Berio, 1973
Acrapex festiva Janse, 1939
Acrapex fletcheri Laporte, 1984
Acrapex franeyae Laporte, 1984
Acrapex fuscantis Hampson, 1918
Acrapex fuscifasciata Janse, 1939
Acrapex genrei Laporte, 1984
Acrapex gibbosa Berio, 1973
Acrapex girardi Laporte, 1984
Acrapex gracilis Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex grandis Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex guiffrayorum Laporte, 1984
Acrapex hamulifera Hampson, 1893
Acrapex hemiphlebia Hampson, 1914
Acrapex holoscota Hampson, 1914
Acrapex ignota Berio, 1973
Acrapex igominyi Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex incrassata Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex inexpectata Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex iringa Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex jansei Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex kafula Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex kavumba Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex ketoma Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex kiakouama Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex kifanya Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex lepta Krüger, 2005
Acrapex leptepilepta Krüger, 2005
Acrapex leucophlebia Hampson, 1894
Acrapex lilomwi Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex lukumbura Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex lusinga Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex mafinga Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex makete Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex malagasy Viette, 1967
Acrapex marungu Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex mastawatae Laporte, 1984
Acrapex matilei Laporte, 1984
Acrapex mazoe Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex mediopuncta Bowden, 1956
Acrapex metaphaea Hampson, 1910
Acrapex minima Janse, 1939
Acrapex miscantha Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex mischus Fletcher, 1959Spotted Chirping Frog
Acrapex mitawa Le Ru, 2014
Acrapex mlanje Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex mondogeneta Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex mpika Le Ru, 2014
Acrapex mubale Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex muchinga Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex mutans Berio, 1973
Acrapex mystica Janse, 1939
Acrapex ngorongoro Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex ngwenya Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex njombea Le Ru, 2018
Acrapex obscura Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex obsoleta Berio, 1973
Acrapex ochracea (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Acrapex carnea Hampson, 1905
Acrapex ottusa Berio, 1973
Acrapex parvaclara Berio, 1973
Acrapex peracuta Berio, 1956
Acrapex permystica Berio, 1975
Acrapex pertusa Berio, 1973
Acrapex prisca Walker, 1866
Acrapex prospera Hacker & Fib..., 2001
Acrapex punctosa Berio, 1973
Acrapex quadrata Berio, 1973
Acrapex relicta Ferguson, 1991Black sole
Acrapex rhabdoneura Hampson, 1910
Acrapex robe Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex roseola Hampson, 1918
Acrapex roseonigra Berio, 1976
Acrapex roseotincta Hampson, 1910
Acrapex rubona Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex rufidorsata Hampson, 1914
Acrapex ruiru Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex rungwe Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex salmona Le Ru, 2014
Acrapex satanas Laporte, 1984
Acrapex seydeli Berio, 1973
Acrapex simbaensis Le Cerf, 1922
Acrapex similimystica Berio, 1976
Acrapex simillima Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex simplex Janse, 1939
Acrapex sogai Viette, 1967
Acrapex soyema Le Ru, 2017
Acrapex spoliata Walker, 1863
Acrapex sporobola Le Ru, 2014
Acrapex stygiata Hampson, 1910
Acrapex subalbissima Berio, 1973
Acrapex syscia Fletcher D. S., 1961
Acrapex sysciodes Berio, 1973
Acrapex taurica Staudinger, 1900
Acrapex totalba Berio, 1973
Acrapex tristrigata Warren, 1914
Acrapex ulmii Laporte, 1991
Acrapex uncina Berio, 1973
Acrapex uncinoides Berio, 1973
Acrapex undulata Berio, 1956
Acrapex unicolora Hampson, 1910
Acrapex vetiveria Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex wittei Le Ru, 2020
Acrapex yakoba Le Ru, 2014
Acrapex zaouditou Laporte, 1991
Acrapex zima Le Ru, 2019
Acrapex zoutoi Le Ru, 2017
Buakea kaeuae Moyal & al., 2011
Buakea obliquifascia Hampson, 1909
Buakea venusta Moyal & al., 2011
Busseola convexilimba Strand, 1912
Busseola fusca Fuller, 1901Maize stalk borer
Busseola fuscantis Hampson, 1918Tumbling flower beetle
Busseola mesophaea Hampson, 1914
Busseola nairobica Le Ru, 2013
Busseola obliquifascia (Hampson, 1909)⇒ Buakea obliquifascia Hampson, 1909
Busseola pallidicosta Hampson, 1902
Busseola phaia J. Bowden, 1956
Busseola praepallens Hampson, 1910
Busseola quadrata J. Bowden, 1956
Busseola rufidorsata Hampson, 1914
Busseola segeta J. Bowden, 1956
Busseola sorghicida (Thurau, 1904)⇒ Busseola fusca Fuller, 1901
Busseola submarginalis Hampson, 1891
Carelis agnae Moyal & al., 2010
Carelis albula J. Bowden, 1956
Carelis australis Moyal & al., 2010
Carelis biluma Nye, 1959
Carelis ochrivirga A. E. Prout, 1927
Carelis transversa Moyal & al., 2010
Conicofrontia bipartita (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Conicofrontia sesamoides Hampson, 1902
Conicofrontia diamesa Hampson, 1920
Conicofrontia lilomwa Le Ru, 2015
Conicofrontia sesamiodes Hampson, 1902
Conicofrontia sesamoides Hampson, 1902
Feraxinia bryae Laporte, 1984
Feraxinia fayei Laporte, 1984
Feraxinia jemjemensis Laporte, 1984
Feraxinia nyei Fletcher, 1961
Feraxinia serena Moyal & al., 2010
Manga basilinea Bowden, 1956
Manga belophora Fletcher D. S., 1961
Manga bisignata Laporte, 1973
Manga fuliginosa Moyal & Le Rü, 2006
Manga melanodonta Hampson, 1910
Manga nubifera (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Manga melanodonta Hampson, 1910
Poecopa mediopuncta J. Bowden, 1956
Poeonoma acantha Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Poeonoma inermis Laporte, 1973
Poeonoma nigribasis Laporte, 1974
Poeonoma serrata Hampson, 1910
Poeonoma similis Tams & J. Bo..., 1953
Poeonoma sjostedti Aurivillius, 1925
Poeonoma ugandensis Le Ru, 2020
Sciomesa betschi Viette, 1967
Sciomesa biluma Nye, 1959
Sciomesa boulardi Laporte, 1984
Sciomesa bua Moyal & al., 2010
Sciomesa congitae Laporte, 1984
Sciomesa constantini (Laporte, 1984)⇒ Sciomesa mesophaea Aurivillius, 1910
Sciomesa etchecopari (Laporte, 1975)⇒ Sciomesa mesophaea Aurivillius, 1910
Sciomesa excelsa Laporte, 1976
Sciomesa franciscae Laporte, 1991
Sciomesa gnosia Moyal & al., 2010
Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1960
Sciomesa mesophaea Aurivillius, 1910
Sciomesa mesophaena Aurivillius, 1910
Sciomesa mesoscia (Hampson, 1918)⇒ Sciomesa mesophaea Aurivillius, 1910
Sciomesa minuscula Laporte, 1991
Sciomesa minuta Laporte, 1991
Sciomesa mirifica (Laporte, 1984)⇒ Sciomesa mesophaea Aurivillius, 1910
Sciomesa oberthueri Viette, 1967
Sciomesa ochroneura Fletcher D. S., 1963
Sciomesa punctipennis Krüger, 2005
Sciomesa renibifida Berio, 1973
Sciomesa scotochroa Hampson, 1914
Sciomesa secata Berio, 1977
Sciomesa sjostedti Aurivillius, 1925
Sciomesa sparsipuncta Laporte, 1984
Sciomesa venata Fletcher, 1961
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