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Checklist for Family Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 (Clear Wings)
and region Afrotropical (Ecozones)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
6838
56840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
209
6733
56403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
185
6591
56071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
83
4302
27836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
82
4295
27811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
79
4286
27718
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
39
1642
8394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
9
237
1029
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings
1
67
331
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths
67
331
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Afrotropical
67 Genera with 331 Species
#ABCEFGHILMNOPRSTUV
Adixoana Strand, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Aenigmina Le Cerf, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Afrokona H. Fischer, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Afromelittia Gorbunov & A..., 19174SpeciesTaxom
Agriomelissa Meyrick, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Alonina Walker, 18567SpeciesTaxom
Anaudia Wallengren, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Austrosetia Felder, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Barbasphecia Pühringer & ..., 20112SpeciesTaxom
Bembecia Hübner, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Cabomina de Freina, 20114SpeciesTaxom
Callisphecia Le Cerf, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Camaegeria Strand, 195515SpeciesTaxom
Ceritrypetes Bradley, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Chamaesphecia Spuler, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 191914SpeciesTaxom
Cicinnoscelis Holland, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Coccophila Daniel Bartsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Conopsia Strand, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Crinipus Hampson, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Echidgnathia Hampson, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Episannina Aurivillius, 19338SpeciesTaxom
Erismatica Meyrick, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Felderiola Naumann, 20133SpeciesTaxom
Grypopalpia Hampson, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Gymnosophistis Meyrick, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Hagnogyna Bartsch, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Homogyna Le Cerf, 19107SpeciesTaxom
Hovaesia Le Cerf, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Hymenosphecia Le Cerf, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Isocylindra Meyrick, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Lenyrhova Le Cerf, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopoda Hampson, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Leuthneria Dalla Torre, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Lophoceps Hampson, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Macrotarsipus Hampson, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Madasphecia Viette, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Malgassesia Le Cerf, 19557SpeciesTaxom
Megalosphecia Le Cerf, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Melisophista Meyrick, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Melittia Hübner, 1919Wasp Moth29SpeciesTaxom
Melittosesia Bartsch, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Metasphecia Le Cerf, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Microsesia Daniel Bartsch, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Microsynanthedon Viette, 19763SpeciesTaxom
Mimocrypta Naumann, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Monopetalotaxis Wallengren, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Noctusphecia de Freina, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Nyctaegeria Le Cerf, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Osminia Le Cerf, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Paranthrene Hübner, 19109SpeciesTaxom
Parasa Moore, 194143SpeciesTaxom
Pedalonina Gaede, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Podosesia Möschler, 1919Ash1SpeciesTaxom
Proaegeria Le Cerf, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomelittia Le Cerf, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Pyranthrene Hampson, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Rodolphia Le Cerf, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Rubukona H.Fischer, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Similipepsis Le Cerf, 19117SpeciesTaxom
Sura Walker, 18568SpeciesTaxom
Synanthedon Hübner, 190551SpeciesTaxom
Thyranthrene Hampson, 20117SpeciesTaxom
Tipulamima Holland, 191717SpeciesTaxom
Uranothyris Meyrick, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 19192SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Afrotropical
331 Species
Adixoana auripyga Strand, 1913
Aenigmina aenea Le Cerf, 1912
Aenigmina critheis Druce, 1899
Aenigmina latimargo (Le Cerf, 1912)⇒ Aenigmina aenea Le Cerf, 1912
Aenigmina tiresa Druce, 1899
Afrokona aerea H. Fischer, 2006
Afromelittia aenescens Butler, 1896
Afromelittia iridisquama Mabille, 1890
Afromelittia natalensis Butler, 1874
Afromelittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917
Agriomelissa aethiopica Le Cerf, 1917
Agriomelissa amblyphaea Hampson, 1919
Agriomelissa brevicornis Aurivillius, 1905
Agriomelissa gypsospora Meyrick, 1931
Agriomelissa malagasy Viette, 1982
Agriomelissa ursipes Walker, 1856
Agriomelissa victrix Le Cerf, 1916
Alonina difformis (Hampson, 1919)⇒ Alonina rygchiiformis Walker, 1856
Alonina fusca Bartsch, 2013
Alonina luteopunctata de Freina, 2011
Alonina pyrethra Hampson, 1910
Alonina pyrocraspis Hampson, 1910
Alonina rufa Bartsch, 2013
Alonina rygchiiformis Walker, 1856
Anaudia felderi Wallengren, 1863
Anaudia thyranthrena Bartsch, 2013
Austrosetia semirufa Felder, 1874
Barbasphecia ares Pühringer & ..., 2011
Barbasphecia hephaistos Pühringer & ..., 2011
Bembecia balkis Le Cerf, 1937
Cabomina dracomontana de Freina, 2008
Cabomina heliostoma Meyrick, 1926
Cabomina monicae de Freina, 2008
Cabomina tsomoana de Freina, 2011
Callisphecia bicincta Le Cerf, 1916
Callisphecia oberthueri Le Cerf, 1916
Camaegeria aristura Meyrick, 1931
Camaegeria auripicta Strand, 1914
Camaegeria exochiformis Walker, 1856
Camaegeria hadassa (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Camaegeria aristura Meyrick, 1931
Camaegeria leptomorpha (Meyrick, 1931)⇒ Camaegeria aristura Meyrick, 1931
Camaegeria lioscelis (Meyrick, 1935)⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
Camaegeria lychnitis Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Camaegeria massai Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
Camaegeria polytelis Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Camaegeria sophax Druce, 1899
Camaegeria sylvestralis Viette, 1955
Camaegeria viettei Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Camaegeria xanthomos Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis Viette, 1955
Ceritrypetes idiotropha Bradley, 1956
Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) andrianony Viette, 1982
Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) clathrata Le Cerf, 1917
Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) lemur Le Cerf, 1957
Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) seyrigi Le Cerf, 1957
Chamanthedon amorpha Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon brillians Beutenmüller, 1899
Chamanthedon chalypsa Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon chrysopasta Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon elymais Druce, 1899
Chamanthedon fulvipes Hampson, 1910
Chamanthedon hilariformis Walker, 1856
Chamanthedon leucocera Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon leucopleura Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon ochracea Walker, 1865
Chamanthedon striata Gaede, 1929
Chamanthedon tapeina Hampson, 1919
Chamanthedon tropica Beutenmüller, 1899
Chamanthedon xanthopasta Hampson, 1919
Cicinnoscelis flavipes Bartsch, 2013
Cicinnoscelis krooni Bartsch, 2013
Cicinnoscelis longipes Holland, 1893
Coccophila pythes Druce, 1899
Conopsia bicolor Le Cerf, 1917
Conopsia flavimacula Kallies, 2000
Conopsia lambornella Durrant, 1914
Conopsia phoenosoma Meyrick, 1930
Conopsia terminiflava Strand, 1913
Crinipus leucozonipus Hampson, 1896
Crinipus marisa Druce, 1899
Crinipus pictipes Hampson, 1919
Crinipus vassei Le Cerf, 1917
Echidgnathia khomasana de Freina, 2011
Echidgnathia vitrifasciata Hampson, 1910
Episannina albifrons Hampson, 1910
Episannina chalybea Aurivillius, 1905
Episannina flavicincta Hampson, 1919
Episannina lodimanum Strand, 1918
Episannina modesta Le Cerf, 1916
Episannina perlucida Le Cerf, 1911
Episannina pulchra (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Episannina chalybea Aurivillius, 1905
Episannina zygaenura Meyrick, 1933
Erismatica erythropis Meyrick, 1933
Felderiola candescens Felder, 1874
Felderiola karooensis Bartsch, 2013
Felderiola xanthogaster Bartsch, 2013
Grypopalpia iridescens Hampson, 1919
Grypopalpia uranopla Meyrick, 1934
Gymnosophistis thyrsodoxa Meyrick, 1934
Hagnogyna bartschi de Freina, 2011
Hagnogyna sanguicosta Hampson, 1919
Homogyna alluaudi Le Cerf, 1911
Homogyna endopyra Hampson, 1910
Homogyna ignivittata Hampson, 1919
Homogyna pygmaeum Rebel, 1899
Homogyna sanguipennis Meyrick, 1926
Homogyna spadicicorpus Prout, 1919
Homogyna xanthophora Hampson, 1910
Hovaesia donckieri Le Cerf, 1912
Hymenosphecia albomaculata Le Cerf, 1917
Isocylindra melitosoma Meyrick, 1930
Lenyrhova heckmanniae Aurivillius, 1909
Lepidopoda sylphina Hampson, 1919
Leuthneria ruficincta Felder, 1874
Lophoceps abdominalis Hampson, 1919
Lophoceps alenicola Strand, 1913
Lophoceps quinquepuncta Hampson, 1919
Macrotarsipus africana Beutenmüller, 1899
Macrotarsipus africanus Beutenmüller, 1899
Macrotarsipus belia (Druce, 1910)⇒ Macrotarsipus africanus Beutenmüller, 1899
Macrotarsipus microthyris Hampson, 1919
Madasphecia griveaudi Viette, 1982
Madasphecia puera Viette, 1957
Malgassesia ankaratralis Viette, 1957
Malgassesia biedermanni Viette, 1982
Malgassesia milloti Viette, 1982
Malgassesia pauliani Viette, 1955
Malgassesia rufescens Le Cerf, 1922
Malgassesia rufithorax Le Cerf, 1922
Malgassesia seyrigi Viette, 1955
Megalosphecia callosoma Hampson, 1919
Megalosphecia gigantipes Le Cerf, 1916
Melisophista geraropa Meyrick, 1927
Melittia abyssiniensis Hampson, 1919
Melittia acosmetes Hampson, 1919
Melittia aureosquamata Wallengren, 1863
Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910
Melittia aurociliata Aurivillius, 1879
Melittia azrael Le Cerf, 1914
Melittia boulleti Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Melittia chrysobapta Hampson, 1919
Melittia congoana (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Melittia ectothyris Hampson, 1919
Melittia endoxantha Hampson, 1919
Melittia haematopis Fawcett, 1916
Melittia houlberti (Le Cerf, 1917)⇒ Melittia aureosquamata Wallengren, 1863
Melittia hyaloxantha Meyrick, 1928
Melittia ignidiscata (Oberthür, 1878)⇒ Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882
Melittia laboissierei (Le Cerf, 1917)⇒ Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910
Melittia laniremis Wallengren, 1859
Melittia lentistriata Hampson, 1919
Melittia moni de Freina, 2007
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878African Vine Borer
Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919
Melittia rufodorsa Hampson, 1910
Melittia simonyi Rebel, 1899
Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882Clearwing Borer Moth
Melittia thoracalis (Oberthür, 1878)⇒ Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882
Melittia tibialis Drury, 1773
Melittia usambara Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia xanthogaster Hampson, 1919
Melittosesia flavitarsa Bartsch, 2009
Metasphecia vuilleti Le Cerf, 1917
Microsesia nana Bartsch, 2015
Microsynanthedon ambrensis Viette, 1955
Microsynanthedon setodiformis Mabille, 1891
Microsynanthedon tanala Minet, 1976
Mimocrypta hampsoni Butler, 1902
Monopetalotaxis doleriformis Walker, 1856
Noctusphecia puchneri de Freina, 2011
Nyctaegeria nobilis Druce, 1910
Nyctaegeria rohani (Druce, 1910)⇒ Nyctaegeria nobilis Druce, 1910
Osminia namibiana Kallies, 2004
Paranthrene anthrax Le Cerf, 1916
Paranthrene callipleura Meyrick, 1932
Paranthrene chalcochlora Hampson, 1919
Paranthrene dukei Bartsch, 2008
Paranthrene mesothyris Hampson, 1919
Paranthrene porphyractis Meyrick, 1937
Paranthrene propyria Hampson, 1919
Paranthrene thalassina Hampson, 1919
Paranthrene xanthosoma Hampson, 1910
Parasa affinis Mabille, 1890
Parasa ananii Karsch, 1896
Parasa andrefana Viette, 1980
Parasa angusta Hering, 1941
Parasa ankalirano Viette, 1980
Parasa cambouei Mabille, 1890
Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899
Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892
Parasa charopa Bethune-Baker, 1909
Parasa chlorophila Hering, 1935
Parasa concavata Strand, 1913
Parasa cor West, 1940
Parasa costalis West, 1940
Parasa dentina Hering, 1932
Parasa divisa West, 1940
Parasa dubiefi Viette, 1975
Parasa dusii Solovyev & S..., 2010
Parasa ebenaui Saalmüller, 1878
Parasa euchlora Karsch, 1895
Parasa fulvicorpus Hampson, 1896
Parasa hexamitobalia Tams, 1930
Parasa imerina Viette, 1980
Parasa lanceolata Hering, 1928
Parasa lemuriensis Viette, 1967
Parasa marginata West, 1940
Parasa mesochloris Hampson, 1910
Parasa pallida Möschler, 1887
Parasa parniodes Hering, 1957
Parasa prava Hering, 1938
Parasa princeps (Aurivillius, 1900)⇒ Parasa lorquini Reakirt, 1864
Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
Parasa reginula Saalmüller, 1884
Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933
Parasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa singularis Butler, 1878
Parasa tamara Hering, 1928
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900
Parasa tripartita Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa valida (Butler, 1879)⇒ Parasa laeta Westwood, 1848
Parasa villosipes Strand, 1911
Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893
Parasa zernyi Hering, 1941
Pedalonina semimarginata Gaede, 1929
Podosesia surodes Hampson, 1919
Proaegeria vouauxi Le Cerf, 1916
Pseudalcathoe aspetura Meyrick, 1932
Pseudomelittia andraenipennis Walker, 1856
Pseudomelittia berlandi Le Cerf, 1917
Pseudomelittia cingulata Gaede, 1929
Pyranthrene flammans Hampson, 1919
Rodolphia hombergi Le Cerf, 1911
Rubukona cuprescens Hampson, 1919
Rubukona svetlanae H.Fischer, 2007
Similipepsis aurea Gaede, 1929
Similipepsis ekisi Wang, 1984
Similipepsis eumenidiformis Bartsch, 2008
Similipepsis maromizaensis Bartsch, 2008
Similipepsis osuni Bakowski & K..., 2008
Similipepsis typica Strand, 1913
Similipepsis violaceus Le Cerf, 1911
Sura ellenbergeri Le Cerf, 1917
Sura lampadura Meyrick, 1935
Sura melanochalcia Le Cerf, 1917
Sura pyrocera Hampson, 1919
Sura ruficauda Rothschild, 1911
Sura rufitibia Hampson, 1919
Sura xanthopyga Hampson, 1919
Sura xylocopiformis Walker, 1856
Synanthedon aericincta Meyrick, 1928
Synanthedon africana Le Cerf, 1917
Synanthedon albiventris (Heppner & Du..., 1981)⇒ Synanthedon leucogaster Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon alenicum Strand, 1913
Synanthedon angolana de Freina, 2013
Synanthedon astyarcha Meyrick, 1930
Synanthedon aulograpta Meyrick, 1934
Synanthedon auripes Hampson, 1910
Synanthedon beutenmuelleri Heppner & Du..., 1981
Synanthedon bifenestrata Gaede, 1929
Synanthedon chlorothyris Meyrick, 1935
Synanthedon chromolaenae (Eichlin, 2009)⇒ Carmenta laurelae Brown, Eichl..., 1985
Synanthedon chrysonympha Meyrick, 1932
Synanthedon citrura Meyrick, 1927
Synanthedon cyanescens Hampson, 1910
Synanthedon cyanospira Meyrick, 1928
Synanthedon dasysceles Bradley, 1968
Synanthedon dybowskii Le Cerf, 1917
Synanthedon erythrogama Meyrick, 1934
Synanthedon erythromma Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon ethiopica Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon ferox Meyrick, 1929
Synanthedon flavipalpis Hampson, 1910
Synanthedon flavipectus (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Synanthedon lecerfi Heppner & Du..., 1981
Synanthedon gabuna Beutenmüller, 1899
Synanthedon gracilis Hampson, 1910
Synanthedon guineabia Strand, 1913
Synanthedon iris Le Cerf, 1916
Synanthedon lecerfi Heppner & Du..., 1981
Synanthedon leptosceles Bradley, 1968
Synanthedon leucogaster Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon maculiventris Le Cerf, 1916
Synanthedon mercatrix Meyrick, 1931
Synanthedon mesochoriformis Walker, 1856
Synanthedon monozona Hampson, 1910
Synanthedon nuba Beutenmüller, 1899
Synanthedon nyanga Beutenmüller, 1899
Synanthedon olenda Beutenmüller, 1899
Synanthedon pauper Le Cerf, 1916
Synanthedon peltata Meyrick, 1932
Synanthedon phaedrostoma Meyrick, 1934
Synanthedon platyuriformis Walker, 1856
Synanthedon pyrostoma (Meyrick, 1927)⇒ Synanthedon erythromma Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon rhodia Druce, 1899
Synanthedon rubripalpis Meyrick, 1932
Synanthedon rubripicta Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon squamata Gaede, 1929
Synanthedon stenothyris Meyrick, 1933
Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759Currant and Gooseberry borer
Synanthedon trithyris Meyrick, 1926
Synanthedon xanthopyga Aurivillius, 1905
Thyranthrene adumbrata Bartsch, 2008
Thyranthrene albicincta Hampson, 1919
Thyranthrene capensis de Freina, 2011
Thyranthrene metazonata Hampson, 1919
Thyranthrene obliquizona Hampson, 1910
Thyranthrene pyrophora Hampson, 1919
Thyranthrene xhosarum de Freina, 2011
Tipulamima auronitens Le Cerf, 1913
Tipulamima festiva Beutenmüller, 1899
Tipulamima flammipes Hampson, 1910
Tipulamima flavifrons Holland, 1893
Tipulamima grandidieri Le Cerf, 1917
Tipulamima haugi Le Cerf, 1917
Tipulamima hypocalla Le Cerf, 1937
Tipulamima ivondro Viette, 1955
Tipulamima malimba Beutenmüller, 1899
Tipulamima nigriceps Hampson, 1919
Tipulamima opalimargo Le Cerf, 1913
Tipulamima pedunculata Hampson, 1910
Tipulamima pyrosoma Hampson, 1919
Tipulamima sexualis Hampson, 1910
Tipulamima seyrigi Viette, 1955
Tipulamima tricinctus Le Cerf, 1916
Tipulamima waterloti (Le Cerf, 1917)⇒ Tipulamima sexualis Hampson, 1910
Uranothyris pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933
Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917
Vespanthedon chalciphora Hampson, 1919

Subnodes of Sesiidae with occurrences in Afrotropical
SubfamilySesiinae
Boisduval, 1828
Sesiines
55
287
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTinthiinae
Le Cerf, 1917
Tinthiines
6
38
Genera
Species

Taxom



Sesiidae (Boisduval 1828)
Sesiidae (Boisduval 1828)


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