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Checklist for Subsection Sesiina Heppner, 1995
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
50
1627
5618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
20
340
625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
5
69
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nigeria
5 Families width 123 Species
Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845Cup moths74SpeciesTaxom
Zygaenidae (Latreille, 1809)Burnet Forester8SpeciesTaxom
Choreutidae Stainton, 1854Choreuitid Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Sesiidae (Boisduval, 1828)Clear Wings33SpeciesTaxom
Himantopteridae Rogenhofer, 1884Long Tailed Burnet Moths4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
69 Genera with 123 Species
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Achrocerides Hering, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Afromalamblia Efetov & Tar..., 18961SpeciesTaxom
Altha Walker, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Astyloneura Gaede, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Baria Karsch, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Barilla Dyar, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Brenthia Clemens, 1897Banyan Jumping-Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Casphalia Walker, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Ceritrypetes Bradley, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Choreutis Hübner, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Chrysamma Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Chrysopoloma Druce, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Compactena Fletcher, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Conopsia Strand, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Cosuma Walker, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ctenolita Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Delorhachis Karsch, 18965SpeciesTaxom
Epiorna Alberti, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Episannina Aurivillius, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Gavara Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Hadraphe Karsch, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Halseyia Fletcher, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Hegetor Karsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hilipoda Karsch, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Hyphorma Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Latoia Guérin-Ménev..., 191111SpeciesTaxom
Lepidorytis Aurivillius, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Macroplectra Hampson, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Macrotarsipodes Holland, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Melittia Hübner, 1910Wasp Moth1SpeciesTaxom
Micraphe Karsch, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Miresa Walker, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Narosa Walker, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Narosana Bethune-Baker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Natada Walker, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Ninia BAIRD & GIRARD, 17821SpeciesTaxom
Niphadolepis Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Omocena Karsch, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Omocenoides Janse, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Palmia Beutenmüller, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Parasa Moore, 186517SpeciesTaxom
Pedoptila Butler, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Phorma Karsch, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomelittia Le Cerf, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Rhypteira Holland, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Saliunca Walker, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Scotinocerides Hering, 1937
0SpeciesTaxom
Semyrilla Aurivillius, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Similipepsis Le Cerf, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Sporetolepis Karsch, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Staphylinochrous Butler, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Strigivenifera Hering, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Stroter Karsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Stroteroides Strand, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Sura Walker, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Synanthedon Hübner, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Syringura Holland, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Tasema Walker, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Tebenna Billberg, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Teinorhyncha Holland, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Thosea Walker, 1908Nettle grubs1SpeciesTaxom
Tipulamima Holland, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Trachyptena Bethune-Baker, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Trichocerata Dalla Torre ..., 19141SpeciesTaxom
Tryphax Karsch, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Uniserrata Janse, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Xanthopteryx Hering, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Zinara Walker, 19284SpeciesTaxom
Zygaena Fabricius, 1829Burnet1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
123 Species
Achrocerides theorini Aurivillius, 1891
Afromalamblia unxia Druce, 1896
Altha ansorgei (Bethune-Baker, 1911)⇒ Chrysamma purpuripulcra Karsch, 1896
Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910
Astyloneura esmeralda Hampson, 1920
Baria elsa Druce, 1887
Barilla transversata Holland, 1893
Brenthia octogemmifera Walsingham, 1897
Casphalia citrimaculata Aurivillius, 1905
Casphalia extranea Walker, 1869
Ceritrypetes idiotropha Bradley, 1956
Choreutis inspirata (Meyrick, 1916)⇒ Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916
Choreutis ludifica Meyrick, 1914
Chrysamma purpuripulcra Karsch, 1896
Chrysopoloma citrina (Druce, 1886)⇒ Stenoglene citrina Druce, 1886
Chrysopoloma nigrociliata Aurivillius, 1905
Compactena hilda Druce, 1887
Conopsia bicolor Le Cerf, 1917
Conopsia lambornella Durrant, 1914
Cosuma rugosa Walker, 1855
Ctenolita anacompa Karsch, 1896
Delorhachis nigrivenosa Karsch, 1896
Delorhachis pallidifascia Taberer, Fie..., 2023
Delorhachis schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
Delorhachis strigivena Hampson, 1910
Delorhachis viridiplaga Karsch, 1896
Epiorna abessynica Koch, 1865
Episannina chalybea Aurivillius, 1905
Gavara lamborni Bethune-Baker, 1915
Hadraphe aprica Karsch, 1899
Hadraphe callima Bethune-Baker, 1915
Halseyia albovenosa Hering, 1928
Halseyia fimbriata Karsch, 1896
Hegetor herculeus Karsch, 1899
Hilipoda gravidipes Karsch, 1896
Hilipoda schultzei Aurivillius, 1905
Hyphorma subterminalis Hampson, 1910
Latoia albicosta Hampson, 1910
Latoia cineracea Karsch, 1896
Latoia colini Mabille, 1881
Latoia cretata Karsch, 1899
Latoia flavicosta Hampson, 1910
Latoia loxotoma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Latoia nana Holland, 1893
Latoia urda Druce, 1887
Latoia viridifascia Holland, 1893
Latoia vivida Walker, 1865
Latoia xuthosoma Bethune-Baker, 1911
Lepidorytis amatus Hering, 1935
Macroplectra fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910
Macrotarsipodes pedunculata Hampson, 1910
Macrotarsipodes sexualis Hampson, 1910
Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Micraphe coccinea (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896
Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896
Miresa purpurea Hering, 1928
Miresa strigivena Hampson, 1910
Narosa albescens West, 1940
Narosana agbaja Bethune-Baker, 1915
Natada julia Druce, 1887
Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)⇒ Cicinnocnemis cornuta Holland, 1894
Niphadolepis soluta Karsch, 1896
Omocena syrtis Schaus, 1893
Omocenoides prismallae Janse, 1964
Palmia adustalis Hampson, 1917
Parasa adamauana (Aurivillius, 1905)⇒ Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
Parasa ananii Karsch, 1896
Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899
Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892
Parasa dentina Hering, 1932
Parasa divisa West, 1940
Parasa euchlora Karsch, 1895
Parasa mesochloris Hampson, 1910
Parasa microbasis (Hampson, 1910)⇒ Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899
Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
Parasa satura (Karsch, 1896)⇒ Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893
Parasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa smaragdina (Bethune-Baker, 1908)⇒ Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900
Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893
Parasa vivida Walker, 1865Stinging caterpillar
Pedoptila catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
Phorma pepon Karsch, 1896
Pseudomelittia cingulata Gaede, 1929
Rhypteira apiceplagata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Rhypteira sordida Holland, 1893
Saliunca mimetica Jordan, 1907
Saliunca styx Fabricius, 1775
Semyrilla lineata Holland, 1893
Similipepsis osuni Bakowski & K..., 2008
Sporetolepis argyrolepia Hampson, 1910
Sporetolepis venusta Hering, 1928
Staphylinochrous latimargo (Bethune-Baker, 1911)⇒ Staphylinochrous whytei Butler, 1893
Staphylinochrous pygmaea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Staphylinochrous whytei Butler, 1893
Strigivenifera neo Kurshakov & ..., 2013
Strigivenifera tanja Kurshakov & ..., 2013
Strigivenifera venata Aurivillius, 1895
Stroter capillatus Karsch, 1899Hairy Headed Slug
Stroteroides albitibiata West, 1940
Sura rufitibia Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon xanthopyga Aurivillius, 1905
Syringura triplex Plötz, 1880
Tasema unxia Druce, 1896
Tebenna inspirata Meyrick, 1916
Teinorhyncha anacompa Karsch, 1896
Teinorhyncha pyrosomoides Holland, 1893
Thosea catori Bethune-Baker, 1908
Tipulamima pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933
Tipulamima sexualis Hampson, 1910
Trachyptena agbaja Bethune-Baker, 1915
Trachyptena rufa Bethune-Baker, 1911
Trichocerata lambornella (Durrant, 1914)⇒ Conopsia lambornella Durrant, 1914
Tryphax cinerea Holland, 1893
Uniserrata holobrunnea Janse, 1964
Xanthopteryx confusa Walker, 1865
Zinara nervosa Walker, 1869
Zinara ploetzi Schaus, 1893
Zinara recurvata Hampson, 1910
Zinara unilineata Hering, 1928
Zygaena ochsenheimeri (Boisduval, 1829)⇒ Myopsyche pallidicincta Kiriakoff, 1954

Subnodes of Sesiina with occurrences in Nigeria
SuperfamilyChoreutoidea
Minet, 1991
Metalmark Moths
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilySesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings
1
14
33
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyZygaenoidea
Latreille, 1809
Burnet moths, Burnets, Flannel, Forester moths, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths, Slug Caterpillar, Smoky moths
3
52
86
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom