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Checklist for Subsection Sesiina Heppner, 1995
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
68
2170
8011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
68
2168
8008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
67
2164
8002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
29
541
1344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
6
76
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
6 Families width 154 Species
Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845Cup moths82SpeciesTaxom
Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828Clear Wings50SpeciesTaxom
Himantopteridae Rogenhofer, 1884Long Tailed Burnet Moths5SpeciesTaxom
Lacturidae Heppner, 1995Australian burnet moths1SpeciesTaxom
Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809Burnet Forester13SpeciesTaxom
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854Choreuitid Moths3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
76 Genera with 154 Species
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Achrocerides Hering, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Afromelittia Gorbunov & A..., 19173SpeciesTaxom
Agriomelissa Meyrick, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Alonina Walker, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Anomoeotes Felder, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Anticrates Meyrick, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Astyloneura Gaede, 19074SpeciesTaxom
Caffricola Hampson, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Camaegeria Strand, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Casphalia Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Caudicornia Bryk, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Choreutis Hübner, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Chrysopoloma Druce, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Coenobasis Felder, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Compactena Fletcher, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cosuma Walker, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Crinipus Hampson, 20252SpeciesTaxom
Crothaema Butler, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Ctenolita Karsch, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Delorhachis Karsch, 20232SpeciesTaxom
Dianeura Butler, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Doratopteryx Rogenhöfer, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Ectropona Kurshakov & ..., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Epiorna Alberti, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Euphlycta Snellen, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Fortikona Bartsch & Sá..., 19191SpeciesTaxom
Gavara Walker, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Gymnosophistis Meyrick, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Halseyia Fletcher, 19376SpeciesTaxom
Homogyna Le Cerf, 20252SpeciesTaxom
Jordaniana Hering, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Latoia Guérin-Ménev..., 186511SpeciesTaxom
Latoiola Hering, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Lembopteris Butler, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopoda Hampson, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Lepidorytis Aurivillius, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Lolibaia Gorbunov & G..., 20191SpeciesTaxom
Lophoceps Hampson, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Macroplectra Hampson, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Macrotarsipodes Holland, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Macrotarsipus Hampson, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Melisophista Meyrick, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Melittia Hübner, 1919Wasp Moth8SpeciesTaxom
Micraphe Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Narosa Walker, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Niphadolepis Karsch, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Niveas Rota, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Omocena Karsch, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Osmanthedon Kallies, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Pantoctenia Felder, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Paranthrene Hübner, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Parapluda Aurivillius, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Parasa Moore, 18877SpeciesTaxom
Prodidactis Meyrick, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Saliunca Walker, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Scotinocerides Hering, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Scotinochroa Butler, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Sporetolepis Karsch, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinochrous Butler, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Strigivenifera Hering, 20133SpeciesTaxom
Stroter Karsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Sura Walker, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Synanthedon Hübner, 19683SpeciesTaxom
Taeda Wallengren, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Teinorhyncha Holland, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Thosea Walker, 1918Nettle grubs1SpeciesTaxom
Thoseidea Hering, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Thyranthrene Hampson, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Tipulamima Holland, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Trichocirca Meyrick, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tryphax Karsch, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Zinara Walker, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Zutulba Kirby, 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
154 Species
Achrocerides theorini Aurivillius, 1891
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
Anomoeotes elegans Pagenstecher, 1903
Anticrates rhodometra Diakonoff, 1967
Astyloneura biplagata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Astyloneura chlorotica Hampson, 1920
Astyloneura cupreitincta Hampson, 1920
Astyloneura difformis Jordan, 1907
Caffricola kenyensis Talbot, 1932
Camaegeria massai Bartsch & Berg, 2012
Camaegeria sophax Druce, 1899
Casphalia elongata Jordan, 1915
Caudicornia xanthopimpla Bryk, 1947
Chamanthedon leucocera Hampson, 1919
Choreutis aegyptiaca Zeller, 1867
Chrysopoloma crawshayi Aurivillius, 1904
Chrysopoloma isabellina Aurivillius, 1895
Chrysopoloma paupera Hering, 1925
Chrysopoloma varia Distant, 1899
Coenobasis albiramosa Walker, 1865
Coenobasis amoena Felder, 1874
Coenobasis farouki Wiltshire, 1947
Coenobasis postflavida Hampson, 1910
Compactena hilda Druce, 1887
Cosuma marginata Holland, 1892
Crinipus geraropa Meyrick, 1927
Crinipus riefenstahli Bartsch, Sáf..., 2025
Crothaema schoutedeni Hering, 1954
Ctenolita anacompa Karsch, 1896
Ctenolita melanosticta Bethune-Baker, 1909
Delorhachis kitale West, 1940
Delorhachis meyi Taberer, Fie..., 2023
Dianeura jacksoni Butler, 1888
Doratopteryx plumigera Butler, 1888
Doratopteryx steniptera Hampson, 1920
Ectropona dargei Kurshakov & ..., 2013
Ectropona larsa Kurshakov & ..., 2013
Epiorna abessynica Koch, 1865
Epiorna holoxanthina Mabille, 1892
Epiorna xanthosoma Jordan, 1907
Euphlycta erastria Snellen, 1900
Fortikona xanthopyga Hampson, 1919
Gavara camptogramma Hampson, 1910
Gavara leucomera Hampson, 1916
Gavara velutina Walker, 1857
Gymnosophistis staudei Bartsch, 2018
Gymnosophistis thyrsodoxa Meyrick, 1934
Halseyia bisecta Butler, 1898
Halseyia fimbriata Karsch, 1896
Halseyia lacides Druce, 1899
Halseyia maculata Hering, 1928
Halseyia similis Hering, 1937
Halseyia tenuifascia Hering, 1937
Homogyna alluaudi Le Cerf, 1911
Homogyna fenestra Bartsch & Sá..., 2025
Jordaniana lactea Pagenstecher, 1903
Latoia albicosta Hampson, 1910
Latoia chrysopa Fletcher D. S., 1968
Latoia cinnamomarea Fletcher D. S., 1968
Latoia intermissa (Walker, 1865)⇒ Stroter intermissa Walker, 1865
Latoia latistriga Walker, 1855
Latoia neumanni Karsch, 1896
Latoia nivosa Felder, 1874
Latoia urda Druce, 1887
Latoia viridicosta Hampson, 1910
Latoia viridimixta Janse, 1964
Latoia vivida Walker, 1865
Latoiola albipuncta Holland, 1893
Latoiola bifascia Janse, 1964
Lembopteris puella Butler, 1898
Lepidopoda dasysceles Bradley, 1968
Lepidopoda erythromma Hampson, 1919
Lepidorytis lacides Druce, 1899
Lepidorytis sulcata Aurivillius, 1900
Lolibaia jurateae Bartsch & Sá..., 2019
Lophoceps abdominalis Hampson, 1919
Macroplectra albescens Hampson, 1910
Macroplectra fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
Macroplectra jacksoni West, 1937
Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910
Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910
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, 1878African Vine Borer
Melittia ruficincta (Felder, 1874)⇒ Leuthneria ruficincta Felder, 1874
Melittia xanthogaster Hampson, 1919
Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896
Narosa nephochloeropis Bethune-Baker, 1909
Niphadolepis albula Fawcett, 1917
Niphadolepis alianta Karsch, 1899
Niphadolepis auricincta Butler, 1898
Niphadolepis improba Hering, 1928
Niveas agassizi Rota, 2013
Omocena syrtis Schaus, 1893
Osmanthedon domaticola Agassiz & Ka..., 2018
Pantoctenia prasina Butler, 1896
Paranthrene xanthopyga (Hampson, 1919)⇒ Thyranthrene adumbrata Bartsch, 2008
Parapluda incincta Hampson, 1909
Parapluda invitabilis Wallengren, 1860
Parapluda monogramma Hampson, 1910
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
Prodidactis mystica Meyrick, 1918
Pseudalcathoe aspetura Meyrick, 1932
Saliunca aenescens Hampson, 1920
Saliunca fulviceps Hampson, 1920
Saliunca homochroa Holland, 1897
Saliunca kamilila Bethune-Baker, 1911
Saliunca meruana Aurivillius, 1910
Scotinocerides conspersa Kirby, 1896
Scotinocerides microsticta Bethune-Baker, 1911
Scotinochroa inconsequens Butler, 1897Dark Satin Slug
Scotinochroa torniplaga Hering, 1928
Sporetolepis venusta Hering, 1928
Staphylinochrous holotherma Hampson, 1920
Strigivenifera albidiscalis Hampson, 1910
Strigivenifera bartschi Kurshakov & ..., 2013
Strigivenifera cruisa Kurshakov & ..., 2013
Stroter capillatus Karsch, 1899Hairy Headed Slug
Sura xanthopyga Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon dasysceles Bradley, 1968
Synanthedon erythromma Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon leptosceles Bradley, 1968
Taeda aetitis Wallengren, 1863Eagle Slug
Taeda prasina (Butler, 1896)⇒ Taeda aetitis Wallengren, 1863
Teinorhyncha anacompa Karsch, 1896
Teinorhyncha melanosticta Bethune-Baker, 1909
Thosea undosa Fawcett, 1918
Thoseidea perseis Fawcett, 1918
Thyranthrene adumbrata Bartsch, 2008
Tipulamima pyrosoma Hampson, 1919
Trichocirca tyrota Meyrick, 1920
Tryphax cinerea Holland, 1893
Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917
Zinara cymatoides West, 1937
Zinara nervosa Walker, 1869
Zutulba namaqua Boisduval, 1847

Subnodes of Sesiina with occurrences in Kenya
SuperfamilyChoreutoidea
Minet, 1991
Metalmark Moths
1
3
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings
1
26
50
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyZygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths, Slug Caterpillar, Smoky moths
4
47
101
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom