Taxonomy of Family Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths, Clearwings, Sesiid Moths, Sessid moths, Wasp-mimic moths
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 | | Division | Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Butterflies, Moths, Skippers | 186 32290 560864 | Families Genera Species | Section | Tineina Stainton, 1857
| 98 10110 121799 | Families Genera Species | Subsection | Sesiina Heppner, 1995
| 20 1290 17308 | Families Genera Species | Superfamily | Sesioidea Common, 1974 Clearwings | 2 303 5069 | Families Genera Species | | Family | Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths | 286 4955 | Genera Species |
Subnodes of Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 | Subfamily | Paranthreninae Niculescu, 1964 ⇒ Sesiinae
| 0 0 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Sesiinae Boisduval, 1828 Sesiines | 152 3575 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Tinthiinae Le Cerf, 1917 Tinthiines | 64 873 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Tinthinae Le Cerf, 1917
| 0 0 | Genera Species | | Genus | Acalthoe Riley & Howard, 1891
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Adixoana Strand, 1913
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Aegeria Fabricius, 1807 ⇒ Synanthedon
| 280 | Species | | Genus | Amphithales Meyrick, 1926 ⇒ Oligophlebia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Anthrenoptera Swinhoe, 1892 ⇒ Pennisetia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Archaeosesia Kallies, 2020
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Aritasesia Nakamura, 2009
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Augangela Meyrick, 1932
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Aurantiosphecia Skowron Volponi, 2020
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Bombecia Pagenstecher, 1909 ⇒ Bembecia
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Bombosceles Meyrick, 1930 ⇒ Sophona
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Ceritrypetes Bradley, 1956
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Conopyga Felder, 1861 ⇒ Conopyge
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cryptomima Walker, 1866 ⇒ Mimocrypta
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Egeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ⇒ Aegeria
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Eichlinia Gorbunov, 2020
| 23 | Species | | Genus | Ficivora Clarke, 1962 ⇒ Sophona
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Gaea Beutenmüller, 1896 ⇒ Euhagena
| 7 | Species | | Genus | Glossecia Hampson, 1919
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Heliodinesesia Yang and Wang, 1989 ⇒ Oligophlebia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hymenophecia LeCerf, 1917 ⇒ Hymenosphecia
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hymenosphecia Le Cerf, 1917
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hypomelittia Hampson, 1919 ⇒ Heterosphecia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Ichneumonoptera Fletcher, 1929 ⇒ Ichneumenoptera
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Isocylindra Meyrick, 1930
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Lepidopoda Hampson, 1900
| 29 | Species | | Genus | Leptocimbicina Bryk, 1947 ⇒ Nokona
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Madaspecia Viette, 1982
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Malayomelittia Skowron Volponi, 2022
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Malgasesia
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Memythris
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Metasphecia Le Cerf, 1917
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Myrmecosphecia Le Cerf, 1917 ⇒ Sophona
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Neotinthia Hampson, 1919 ⇒ Ceratocorema
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Nepyrophleps Gorbunov, 2021
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Ninia BAIRD & GIRARD, 1853 ⇒ Cicinnocnemis
| 16 | Species | | Genus | Oligophlebiella Strand, 1916 ⇒ Paranthrenopsis
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Parantherene
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Paranthrenina Bryk, 1947 ⇒ Paradoxecia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Parasesia Le Cerf, 1916 ⇒ Carmenta
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Parenthrenella
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Phemonoe Edwards, 1882 ⇒ Phalaca
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Pyropterum Agassiz, 1847
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pyrrhotoenia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pytopterum Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Pyropteron
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Rhipidurina Naumann, 1971 ⇒ Carmenta
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Rudolphia Jacoby, 1898 ⇒ Rodolphia
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Saunina Boisduval in Boisduval & Guenée, 1874
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Scarlata Skowron Volponi, 2022
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Scoliomima Butler, 1885
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Scopulosphecia Lastuvka, 1988
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Setia Oken, 1815
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Sometia Meigen, 1829
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Sphecia Hübner, 1819
| 21 | Species | | Genus | Spherodoptera Matsumura, 1931 ⇒ Sphecodoptera
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Tarsopoda Butler, 1874 ⇒ Euryphrissa
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Teinoarsina
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Teleosphecia Le Cerf, 1916 ⇒ Carmenta
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Thamnoscelis Meyrick, 1928 ⇒ Isothamnis
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Tradescanticola Hampson, 1919
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Trichocerata Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925 ⇒ Trichocerota
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Trochilium Scopoli, 1777 ⇒ Sesia
| 48 | Species | | Genus | Veismannia ♰ Hampson, 1919 ⇒ Weismanniola
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Vespaegeria Le Cerf, 1911 ⇒ Milisipepsis
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Vespisesia Heppner, 2010
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Vietomelittia Gorbunov, 1988
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Vitraria Gorbunov & Arita, 1999
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Weismannia ♰ Spuler, 1910
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Xenoses Durrant, 1924
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Zhuosesia Yang, 1977
| 1 | Species |
Synonyms | Aegeriidae (Stephens, 1828) | | Sesiariae (Boisduval, 1828) | | Trochiliidae (Westwood, 1843) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Sesiidae | German | Glasflügler, Sesien | | English | Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths, Clearwings, Sesiid Moths, Sessid moths, Wasp-mimic moths | | Dutch | Wespvlinders | | Danish | Glassværmere | | Swedish | Glasvingar | | Finnish | Lasisiipiset, Lasisiivet | | Norwegian | Glassvinger |
Distribution and Species lists of Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Ecozone Coasts
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