Checklist of Family Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 (Clear Wings)
for Kenya (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 501
7087
22038 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 499
7082
22032 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 481
6999
21791 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 301
5800
19585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 68
2170
7993 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 68
2168
7990 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 67
2164
7984 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 29
541
1343 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
| 6
76
154 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings | 1
26
50 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths | 26
50 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Kenya
26 Genera with 50 Species
| Afromelittia Gorbunov & A..., 1917 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Agriomelissa Meyrick, 1931 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Alonina Walker, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camaegeria Strand, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caudicornia Bryk, 1947 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crinipus Hampson, 2025 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Fortikona Bartsch & Sá..., 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnosophistis Meyrick, 1934 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homogyna Le Cerf, 2025 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidopoda Hampson, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lolibaia Gorbunov & G..., 2019 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophoceps Hampson, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrotarsipodes Holland, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrotarsipus Hampson, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melisophista Meyrick, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melittia Hübner, 1919 | Wasp Moth | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Osmanthedon Kallies, 2018 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthrene Hübner, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasa Moore, 1887 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sura Walker, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synanthedon Hübner, 1968 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thyranthrene Hampson, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tipulamima Holland, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kenya
50 Species | Afromelittia haematopis Fawcett, 1916 | | | Afromelittia natalensis Butler, 1874 | | | Afromelittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Agriomelissa amblyphaea Hampson, 1919 | | | Agriomelissa gypsospora Meyrick, 1931 | | | Alonina rygchiiformis Walker, 1856 | | | Camaegeria massai Bartsch & Berg, 2012 | | | Camaegeria sophax Druce, 1899 | | | Caudicornia xanthopimpla Bryk, 1947 | | | Chamanthedon leucocera Hampson, 1919 | | | Crinipus geraropa Meyrick, 1927 | | | Crinipus riefenstahli Bartsch, Sáf..., 2025 | | | Fortikona xanthopyga Hampson, 1919 | | | Gymnosophistis staudei Bartsch, 2018 | | | Gymnosophistis thyrsodoxa Meyrick, 1934 | | | Homogyna alluaudi Le Cerf, 1911 | | | Homogyna fenestra Bartsch & Sá..., 2025 | | | Lepidopoda dasysceles Bradley, 1968 | | | Lepidopoda erythromma Hampson, 1919 | | | Lolibaia jurateae Bartsch & Sá..., 2019 | | | Lophoceps abdominalis Hampson, 1919 | | | Macrotarsipodes leptosceles Bradley, 1968 | | | Macrotarsipus albipunctus Hampson, 1893 | | | Macrotarsipus microthyris Hampson, 1919 | | | Melisophista geraropa Meyrick, 1927 | | | Melittia amblyphaea (Hampson, 1919) | ⇒ Agriomelissa amblyphaea Hampson, 1919 | | Melittia haematopis Fawcett, 1916 | | | Melittia lentistriata Hampson, 1919 | | | Melittia mida Bartsch & Sá..., 2025 | | | Melittia natalensis (Butler, 1874) | ⇒ Afromelittia natalensis Butler, 1874 | | Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878 | African Vine Borer | | Melittia ruficincta (Felder, 1874) | ⇒ Leuthneria ruficincta Felder, 1874 | | Melittia xanthogaster Hampson, 1919 | | | Osmanthedon domaticola Agassiz & Ka..., 2018 | | | Paranthrene xanthopyga (Hampson, 1919) | ⇒ Thyranthrene adumbrata Bartsch, 2008 | | Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892 | | | Parasa fulvicorpus Hampson, 1896 | | | Parasa hexamitobalia Tams, 1930 | | | Parasa irrationalis Hering, 1933 | | | Parasa notonecta Hering, 1931 | | | Parasa tamara Hering, 1928 | | | Parasa urda (Druce, 1887) | ⇒ Latoia urda Druce, 1887 | | Pseudalcathoe aspetura Meyrick, 1932 | | | Sura xanthopyga Hampson, 1919 | | | Synanthedon dasysceles Bradley, 1968 | | | Synanthedon erythromma Hampson, 1919 | | | Synanthedon leptosceles Bradley, 1968 | | | Thyranthrene adumbrata Bartsch, 2008 | | | Tipulamima pyrosoma Hampson, 1919 | | | Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917 | |
Subnodes of Sesiidae with occurrences in Kenya
 | | Sesiidae (Boisduval 1828) |
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