Checklist for Family Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 (Clear Wings)
and region West Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 614
13248
40770 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 610
13239
40744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 581
13079
40224 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 365
10638
34907 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 80
3730
13310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 80
3727
13306 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 79
3725
13304 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 37
939
2391 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
| 9
165
429 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings | 1
49
147 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths | 49
147 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for West Africa
49 Genera with 147 Species #ABCEFGHLMNPRSTUV
| Aegeria Fabricius, 1932 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aenigmina Le Cerf, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afromelittia Gorbunov & A..., 1890 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Albuna Edwards, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Barbasphecia Pühringer & ..., 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camaegeria Strand, 1899 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ceritrypetes Bradley, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 1919 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorosphecia Bartsch & Sá..., 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cicinnoscelis Holland, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conopsia Strand, 2018 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Crinipus Hampson, 2025 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Echidgnathia Hampson, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episannina Aurivillius, 1933 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | Erismatica Meyrick, 1933 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Fortikona Bartsch & Sá..., 2023 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grotea Cresson, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homogyna Le Cerf, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidopoda Hampson, 1917 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lophoceps Hampson, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrotarsipodes Holland, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Macrotarsipus Hampson, 1919 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melittia Hübner, 1773 | Wasp Moth | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Metasphecia Le Cerf, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monopetalotaxis Wallengren, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nimbamina Sáfián & Bar..., 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ninia BAIRD & GIRARD, 1782 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palmia Beutenmüller, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthrene Hübner, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Parasa Moore, 1900 | | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Podosesia Möschler, 1919 | Ash | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proaegeria Le Cerf, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomelittia Le Cerf, 1929 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyranthrene Hampson, 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rubukona H.Fischer, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesia Fabricius, 1759 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Similipepsis Le Cerf, 1913 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Similisynagris Gorbunov, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spatenkana Bartsch, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecosesia Hampson, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sura Walker, 1919 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Synanthedon Hübner, 1905 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Teleosphecia Le Cerf, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thyranthrene Hampson, 1919 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tipulamima Holland, 1917 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Trichocerata Dalla Torre ..., 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Uranothyris Meyrick, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespaegeria Le Cerf, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for West Africa
147 Species | Aegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932) | ⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932 | | Aenigmina critheis Druce, 1899 | | | Aenigmina tiresa Druce, 1899 | | | Afromelittia gruschwitzi Bartsch & We..., 2022 | | | Afromelittia iridisquama Mabille, 1890 | | | Albuna africana (Le Cerf, 1917) | ⇒ Synanthedon africana Le Cerf, 1917 | | Barbasphecia ares Pühringer & ..., 2011 | | | Barbasphecia hephaistos Pühringer & ..., 2011 | | | Camaegeria exochiformis Walker, 1856 | | | Camaegeria lioscelis (Meyrick, 1935) | ⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932 | | Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932 | | | Camaegeria sophax Druce, 1899 | | | Ceritrypetes idiotropha Bradley, 1956 | | | Chamanthedon amorpha Hampson, 1919 | | | Chamanthedon brillians Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Chamanthedon elymais Druce, 1899 | | | Chamanthedon striata Gaede, 1929 | | | Chamanthedon xanthopasta Hampson, 1919 | | | Chlorosphecia bele Bartsch & Sá..., 2022 | | | Cicinnoscelis grandiosus Bartsch & Sá..., 2023 | | | Conopsia bicolor Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Conopsia lambornella Durrant, 1914 | | | Conopsia puehringeri Sáfián & Bar..., 2018 | | | Crinipus auripes Hampson, 1910 | | | Crinipus marisa Druce, 1899 | | | Crinipus nigrans Bartsch & Sá..., 2025 | | | Crinipus nimbaensis Bartsch & Sá..., 2025 | | | Crinipus tenebricus Bartsch, Sáf..., 2025 | | | Crinipus tigripes Bartsch & Sá..., 2025 | | | Crinipus vassei Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Crinipus zebracox Bartsch, Sáf..., 2025 | | | Echidgnathia vitrifasciata Hampson, 1910 | | | Episannina albifrons Hampson, 1910 | | | Episannina chalybea Aurivillius, 1905 | | | Episannina flavicincta Hampson, 1919 | | | Episannina sylphina Hampson, 1919 | | | Episannina zygaenura Meyrick, 1933 | | | Fortikona dalaba Sáfián & Bar..., 2023 | | | Fortikona rhynchiformis Sáfián & Bar..., 2023 | | | Grotea djinnae Gauld, 2000 | | | Homogyna sanguicosta Hampson, 1919 | | | Lepidopoda rubripalpis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Lepidopoda rubripicta Hampson, 1919 | | | Lepidopoda sylphina Hampson, 1919 | | | Lepidopoda waterloti Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Lophoceps quinquepuncta Hampson, 1919 | | | Macrotarsipodes brachyptera Hampson, 1919 | | | Macrotarsipodes pedunculata Hampson, 1910 | | | Macrotarsipodes sexualis Hampson, 1910 | | | Macrotarsipus belia (Druce, 1910) | ⇒ Macrotarsipus africanus Beutenmüller, 1899 | | Macrotarsipus lioscelis (Meyrick, 1935) | ⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932 | | Macrotarsipus microthyris Hampson, 1919 | | | Melittia aureosquamata Wallengren, 1863 | | | Melittia boulleti Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910 | | | Melittia chlorophila Hering, 1935 | | | Melittia endoxantha Hampson, 1919 | | | Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919 | | | Melittia tabanus Le Cerf, 1916 | | | Melittia tibialis Drury, 1773 | | | Metasphecia vuilleti Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Monopetalotaxis chalciphora Hampson, 1919 | | | Nimbamina blei Sáfián & Bar..., 2022 | | | Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782) | ⇒ Cicinnocnemis cornuta Holland, 1894 | | Palmia adustalis Hampson, 1917 | | | Paranthrene anthrax Le Cerf, 1916 | | | Paranthrene microthyris Hampson, 1919 | | | Paranthrene thalassina Hampson, 1919 | | | Paranthrene xanthosoma Hampson, 1910 | | | Parasa adamauana (Aurivillius, 1905) | ⇒ Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896 | | Parasa ananii Karsch, 1896 | | | Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899 | | | Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Parasa cebrenis Schaus, 1892 | | | Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892 | | | Parasa chlorophila Hering, 1935 | | | Parasa concavata Strand, 1913 | | | Parasa constricta Hering & Hopp, 1927 | | | Parasa cuernavaca Dyar, 1907 | | | Parasa dentina Hering, 1932 | | | Parasa divisa West, 1940 | | | Parasa euchlora Karsch, 1895 | | | Parasa infuscata (Wichgraf, 1908) | ⇒ Parasa ananii Karsch, 1896 | | Parasa mesochloris Hampson, 1910 | | | Parasa microbasis (Hampson, 1910) | ⇒ Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899 | | Parasa notonecta Hering, 1931 | | | Parasa pallida Möschler, 1887 | | | Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896 | | | Parasa sandrae Corrales & E..., 2004 | | | Parasa satura (Karsch, 1896) | ⇒ Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893 | | Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933 | | | Parasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Parasa smaragdina (Bethune-Baker, 1908) | ⇒ Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896 | | Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900 | | | Parasa tripartita Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893 | | | Parasa viridogrisea Dyar, 1898 | | | Parasa vivida Walker, 1865 | Stinging caterpillar | | Parasa wellesca Dyar, 1900 | | | Podosesia surodes Hampson, 1919 | | | Proaegeria murzini Gorbunov, 2023 | | | Pseudomelittia berlandi Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Pseudomelittia cingulata Gaede, 1929 | | | Pyranthrene hypocalla Le Cerf, 1937 | | | Pyranthrene nigriceps Hampson, 1919 | | | Rubukona cuprescens Hampson, 1919 | | | Sesia apiformis (Clerck, 1759) | ⇒ Aegeria apiformis Clerck, 1759 | | Similipepsis ekisi Wang, 1984 | | | Similipepsis murzini Gorbunov, 2023 | | | Similipepsis osuni Bakowski & K..., 2008 | | | Similipepsis typica Strand, 1913 | | | Similisynagris aurea Gaede, 1929 | | | Spatenkana africana Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Sphecosesia brachyptera (Hampson, 1919) | ⇒ Tipulamima pedunculata Hampson, 1910 | | Sura melanochalcia Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Sura pyrocera Hampson, 1919 | | | Sura ruficauda Rothschild, 1911 | | | Sura rufitibia Hampson, 1919 | | | Synanthedon africana Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Synanthedon auripes Hampson, 1910 | | | Synanthedon conopiformis Esper, 1782 | Dale's Oak Clearwing | | Synanthedon ethiopica Hampson, 1919 | | | Synanthedon exochiformis (Walker, 1856) | ⇒ Camaegeria exochiformis Walker, 1856 | | Synanthedon flavipalpis Hampson, 1910 | | | Synanthedon flavipectus (Hampson, 1910) | ⇒ Synanthedon lecerfi Heppner & Du..., 1981 | | Synanthedon lecerfi Heppner & Du..., 1981 | | | Synanthedon pyrostoma (Meyrick, 1927) | ⇒ Synanthedon erythromma Hampson, 1919 | | Synanthedon rubripalpis Meyrick, 1932 | | | Synanthedon rubripicta Hampson, 1919 | | | Synanthedon squamata Gaede, 1929 | | | Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759 | Currant and Gooseberry borer | | Synanthedon trithyris Meyrick, 1926 | | | Synanthedon xanthopyga Aurivillius, 1905 | | | Teleosphecia bibio (Le Cerf, 1916) | ⇒ Teleosphecia unicolor Walker, 1864 | | Thyranthrene albicincta Hampson, 1919 | | | Tipulamima brachyptera (Hampson, 1919) | ⇒ Tipulamima pedunculata Hampson, 1910 | | Tipulamima hesperia Bartsch & Sá..., 2022 | | | Tipulamima nigriceps Hampson, 1919 | | | Tipulamima pedunculata Hampson, 1910 | | | Tipulamima pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933 | | | Tipulamima sexualis Hampson, 1910 | | | Tipulamima waterloti (Le Cerf, 1917) | ⇒ Tipulamima sexualis Hampson, 1910 | | Trichocerata bicolor (Le Cerf, 1917) | ⇒ Conopsia bicolor Le Cerf, 1917 | | Trichocerata lambornella (Durrant, 1914) | ⇒ Conopsia lambornella Durrant, 1914 | | Uranothyris pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933 | | | Vespaegeria typica (Strand, 1912) | ⇒ Similipepsis typica Strand, 1913 | | Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917 | |
Subnodes of Sesiidae with occurrences in West Africa
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