English species names of Subfamily Sesiinae (Sesiines)

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Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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English species names of Subfamily Sesiinae Boisduval, 1828
Sesiines

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species
Family	Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828 Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths	286 4955	Genera Species
Subfamily	Sesiinae Boisduval, 1828 Sesiines	152 3575	Genera Species


A
African Vine Borer	Melittia thoracalis Oberthür, 1878
African Vine Borer	Melittia ignidiscata Oberthür, 1878
African Vine Borer	Melittia oedipoides Oberthür, 1878
African Vine Borer	Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878
American Hornet Clearwing	Sesia tibiale Harris, 1839
American Hornet Moth	Sesia tibiale Harris, 1839
American Hornet Moth	Sesia tibialis Harris, 1839
Apple bark borer	Synanthedon pyri Harris, 1830
Apple Bark Borer Moth	Synanthedon pyri Harris, 1830
Apple Borer	Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Apple clearwing	Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Apple clearwing moth	Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Apple crotch borer	Synanthedon pyri Harris, 1830
Argentine Root Borer	Carmenta haematica Ureta, 1956
Argentine Root Borer	Synanthedon haematica Ureta, 1956
Arizona Clearwing Moth	Carmenta auritincta Engelhardt, 1925
Arkansas Clearwing	Synanthedon arkansasensis Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
Arrowwood clearwing borer	Synanthedon fatifera Hodges, 1963
Arrowwood Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon fatifera Hodges, 1963
Ash	Podosesia Möschler, 1879
Ash And Lilac Borer Moths	Podosesia Möschler, 1879
Ash Borer	Podosesia syringae Harris, 1839
Ash Borer Moth	Podosesia syringae Harris, 1839
Aspen clearwing	Sesia melanocephala Dalman, 1816
Aspen Clearwing	Eusphecia melanocephala Dalman, 1816
Aster Borer Moth	Carmenta corni Edwards, 1881

B
Banded ash clearwing	Podosesia aureocincta Purrington & Nielsen, 1977
Banded Ash Clearwing Moth	Podosesia aureocincta Purrington & Nielsen, 1977
Biological Control Introduction	Chamaesphecia hungarica Tomala, 1901
Biological Control Introduction	Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Biological Control Introduction	Chamaesphecia crassicornis Bartel, 1912
Black gum clearwing	Synanthedon rubrofascia Edwards, 1881
Blazing Star Clearwing Moth	Carmenta anthracipennis Boisduval, 1875
Blazingstar Borer Moth	Carmenta anthracipennis Boisduval, 1875
Blue-striped Nettle Grub	Parasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Boneset Borer	Carmenta pyralidiformis Walker, 1856
Boneset Borer Moth	Carmenta pyralidiformis Walker, 1856
Buckwheat Borer	Synanthedon polygoni Edwards, 1881
Buckwheat Borer Moth	Synanthedon polygoni Edwards, 1881
Buckwheat root borer	Synanthedon polygoni Edwards, 1881
Burrowbush Borer Moth	Hymenoclea palmii Beutenmüller, 1902

C
Camaegeria aristura	Tipulamima aristura Meyrick, 1931
Camaegeria exochiformis	Synanthedon exochiformis Walker, 1856
Camaegeria sophax	Tipulamima sophax Druce, 1899
Carmenta Clearwing Moth	Carmenta pyralidiformis Walker, 1856
Castor slug caterpillar	Parasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Ceanothus Borer	Synanthedon mellinipennis Boisduval, 1836
Ceanothus Borer Moth	Synanthedon mellinipennis Boisduval, 1836
Cherry borer	Synanthedon hector Butler, 1878
Chestnut Borer	Synanthedon castaneae Busck, 1913
Chestnut Borer Moth	Synanthedon castaneae Busck, 1913
Chestnut clearwing borer	Synanthedon castaneae Busck, 1913
Chinese cochlid	Parasa sinica Moore, 1877
Clear-winged moth	Sesia apiformis Clerck, 1759
Clearwing Borer Moth	Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882
Clearwing dock moth	Bembecia chrysidiformis Esper, 1782
Clearwing Moth	Chamaesphecia crassicornis Bartel, 1912
Clearwing Moth	Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes Meyrick, 1886
Clearwing Moth	Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Clearwing Persimmon Borer	Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes Meyrick, 1886
Clearwing persimmon borer	Carmenta chrysophanes Meyrick, 1886
Clematis Borer	Alcathoe carolinensis Engelhardt, 1925
Clematis Borer	Alcathoe caudata Harris, 1839
Clematis Borer Moth	Alcathoe carolinensis Engelhardt, 1925
Clematis clearwing	Alcathoe caudata Harris, 1839
Clematis Clearwing Moth	Alcathoe caudata Harris, 1839
Clematis root borer	Alcathoe caudata Harris, 1839
Cocoa Fruit Borer	Carmenta theobromae Busck, 1910
Cocoa pod borer	Carmenta foraseminis Eichlin, 1995
Coronopus Borer	Carmenta mimuli Edwards, 1881
Coronopus Borer	Carmenta torrancia Engelhardt, 1946
Coronopus Borer Moth	Carmenta mimuli Edwards, 1881
Cottonwood crown borer	Sesia tibiale Harris, 1839
Cottonwood Crown Borer	Sesia tibialis Harris, 1839
Cottonwood Crown Borer Moth	Sesia tibialis Harris, 1839
Currant and Gooseberry borer	Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759
Currant borer	Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759
Currant borer moth	Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759
Currant Clearwing	Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759
Currant Clearwing	Synanthedon salmachus Linnaeus, 1758
Currant clearwing borer	Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759
Currant Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759

D
Dale's Oak Clearwing	Synanthedon conopiformis Esper, 1782
Dale´s Oak Clearwing	Synanthedon conopiformis Esper, 1782
Dimorphic Fantail	Rhipidura brachyrhyncha Schlegel, 1871
Dock Clearwing	Chamaesphecia doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock Clearwing	Pyropteron doryliforme Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock Clearwing	Pyropteron doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock Clearwing	Synansphecia doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock clearwing moth	Synansphecia doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock moth	Synansphecia doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock Moth	Chamaesphecia doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock Moth	Pyropteron doryliforme Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dock Moth	Pyropteron doryliformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
Dogwood borer	Synanthedon scitula Harris, 1839
Dogwood Borer Moth	Synanthedon scitula Harris, 1839
Douglas Fir Pitch Moth	Synanthedon novaroensis Edwards, 1881
Douglas-fir pitch moth	Vespamima novaroensis Edwards, 1881
Douglas-fir pitch moth	Synanthedon novaroensis Edwards, 1881

E
Eastern Willow Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon proxima Edwards, 1881
Eupatorium Borer Moth	Carmenta bassiformis Walker, 1856
European Hornet Clearwing	Sesia apiformis Clerck, 1759
European Hornet Moth	Sesia apiformis Clerck, 1759
Eusphecia melanocephala	Sesia melanocephala Dalman, 1816

F
Fall Clematis Clearwing Borer	Alcathoe autumnalis Engelhardt, 1946
Fiery clearwing	Pyropteron chrysidiforme Esper, 1782
Fiery Clearwing	Pyropteron chrysidiformis Esper, 1782
Fiery clearwing	Bembecia chrysidiformis Esper, 1782
Florida Oak Gall Moth	Synanthedon sapygaeformis Walker, 1856
Florida Oakgall Moth	Synanthedon sapygaeformis Walker, 1856

G
Glearwing	Bembecia scopigera Scopoli, 1763
Glorious Squash Vine Borer	Melittia barnesi Dalla Torre, 1925
Glorious Squash Vine Borer	Melittia lindseyi Edwards, 1881
Glorious Squash Vine Borer	Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880
Glorious Squash Vine Borer Moth	Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880
Glorious Squashvine Borer	Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880
Green-striped nettle grub	Parasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Greenstriped nettle grub	Parasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Guam rufous-fronted fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons Latham, 1802

H
Holly Borer	Synanthedon kathyae Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977
Holly Borer Moth	Synanthedon kathyae Duckworth & Eichlin, 1977
Honeysuckle Clearwing	Synanthedon soffneri Å patenka, 1983
Horehound clearwing moth	Chamaesphecia mysiniformis Boisduval, 1840
Hornet Clearwing	Sesia apiformis Clerck, 1759
Hornet Moth	Sesia apiformis Clerck, 1759
Horsenettle Borer	Carmenta austini Engelhardt, 1946
Horsenettle Borer	Synanthedon rileyana Edwards, 1881
Hungarian Clearwing Moth	Chamaesphecia deltaica Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965
Hungarian Clearwing Moth	Chamaesphecia hungarica Tomala, 1901

I
Ironweed clearwing	Carmenta bassiformis Walker, 1856
Ironweed Clearwing Moth	Carmenta bassiformis Walker, 1856

L
Large Red-belted Clearwing	Synanthedon culiciformis Linnaeus, 1758
Large Red-belted Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon culiciformis Linnaeus, 1758
Lesser peach borer	Synanthedon pictipes Grote & Robinson, 1868
Lesser Peachtree Borer	Synanthedon pictipes Grote & Robinson, 1868
Lesser Peachtree Borer Moth	Synanthedon pictipes Grote & Robinson, 1868
Lesser Viburnum Clearwing	Synanthedon fatifera Hodges, 1963
Lesser Viburnum Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon fatifera Hodges, 1963
Liatris Borer Moth	Carmenta sanborni Boisduval, 1875
Liatris Borer Moth	Carmenta anthracipennis Boisduval, 1875
Lilac Borer	Podosesia syringae Harris, 1839
Lilac Borer Moth	Podosesia syringae Harris, 1839
Lilac Borers	Podosesia Möschler, 1879
Lunar Hornet Clearwing	Sesia bembeciformis Hübner, 1806
Lunar Hornet Moth	Sesia bembeciformis Hübner, 1806

M
Manroot Borer	Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880
Manroot Borer	Melittia barnesi Dalla Torre, 1925
Manroot Borer	Melittia lindseyi Edwards, 1881
Maple borer	Synanthedon acerni Clemens, 1860
Maple callus borer	Synanthedon acerni Clemens, 1860
Maple Callus Borer Moth	Synanthedon acerni Clemens, 1860
Maple Clearwing	Synanthedon acerrubri Engelhardt, 1925
Maple Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon acerrubri Engelhardt, 1925
Mesquite Clearwing Moth	Carmenta prosopis Edwards, 1882
Mimosa stemboring moth	Carmenta mimosa Eichlin & Passoa, 1984
Mistletoe Borer	Carmenta phoradendri Engelhardt, 1946
Mistletoe Borer Moth	Carmenta phoradendri Engelhardt, 1946
Mistletoe Clearwing	Synanthedon loranthi Králícek, 1966
Mistletoe Stem Borer	Carmenta tecta Edwards, 1882
Moth	Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878

N
Nettle Catepillar	Parasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Nettle Caterpillar	Parasa lepida Cramer, 1779
Northern Fantail	Rhipidura rufiventris Vieillot, 1818
Northern Willow Clearwing	Synanthedon bolteri Edwards, 1883
Northern Willow Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon bolteri Edwards, 1883

O
Oak Gall Borer	Synanthedon decipiens Edwards, 1881
Oak Gall Borer Moth	Synanthedon decipiens Edwards, 1881
Oakgall Borer Moth	Synanthedon decipiens Edwards, 1881
Oakgall Clearwing	Synanthedon decipiens Edwards, 1881
Orange-tailed Clearwing	Synanthedon andrenaeformis Laspeyres, 1801
Orange-tailed Clearwing	Synanthedon monedulaeformis Laspeyres, 1801

P
Peach borer	Sanninoidea exitiosa Say, 1823
Peachtree borer	Synanthedon exitiosa Say, 1823
Peachtree Borer Moth	Synanthedon exitiosa Say, 1823
Pear borer	Synanthedon pyri Harris, 1830
Pear tree borer	Synanthedon pyri Harris, 1830
Pecan Bark Borer	Synanthedon geliformis Walker, 1856
Pecan Bark Borer Moth	Synanthedon geliformis Walker, 1856
Pecan Borer	Synanthedon scitula Harris, 1839
Pecan clearwing	Synanthedon scitula Harris, 1839
Pecan Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon scitula Harris, 1839
Penstemon Borer	Penstemonia edwardsii Beutenmüller, 1894
Penstemon Borer Moth	Penstemonia edwardsii Beutenmüller, 1894
Persimmon Borer	Sannina uroceriformis Walker, 1856
Persimmon Borer Moth	Sannina uroceriformis Walker, 1856
Persimmon root borer	Sannina uroceriformis Walker, 1856
Pitch mass borer	Vespamima pini Kellicott, 1881
Pitch mass borer	Synanthedon pini Kellicott, 1881
Pitch Mass Borer Moth	Synanthedon pini Kellicott, 1881
Poplar Clearwing Borer	Sesia tibialis Harris, 1839
Poplar Hornet Clearwing	Sesia apiformis Clerck, 1759

R
Red Belted Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Red Maple Borer	Synanthedon acerrubri Engelhardt, 1925
Red-belted Clearwing	Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Red-belted Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon culiciformis Linnaeus, 1758
Red-Lined Clearwing	Synanthedon refulgens Edwards, 1881
Red-Lined Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon refulgens Edwards, 1881
Red-tipped Clearwing	Synanthedon herzi Å patenka & Gorbunov, 1992
Red-tipped Clearwing	Synanthedon formicaeformis Esper, 1783
Rhododendron borer	Synanthedon rhododendri Beutenmüller, 1909
Rhododendron Borer Moth	Synanthedon rhododendri Beutenmüller, 1909
Rhododendron clearwing	Synanthedon rhododendri Beutenmüller, 1909
Riley'S Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon rileyana Edwards, 1881
Rileys Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon rileyana Edwards, 1881
Riley´s Clearwing	Synanthedon rileyana Edwards, 1881
Riley´s Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon rileyana Edwards, 1881
Rose leaf caterpillar	Parasa chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Rufous Fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons Latham, 1802
Rufous-backed Fantail	Rhipidura rufidorsa A.B. Meyer, 1875
Rufous-fronted Fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons Latham, 1802
Rusty-bellied Fantail	Rhipidura teysmanni Stresemann, 1931

S
Sallow Clearwing	Synanthedon flaviventris Staudinger, 1883
Sequoia pitch moth	Vespamima sequoiae Edwards, 1881
Sequoia pitch moth	Synanthedon sequoiae Edwards, 1881
Six-belted Clearwing	Bembecia ichneumoniformis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Six-Belted Clearwing	Bembecia scopigera Scopoli, 1763
Six-belted clearwing moth	Bembecia scopigera Scopoli, 1763
Small Red-belted Clearwing	Synanthedon myopaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Smaller Parasa	Parasa chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Smaller Parasa Moth	Parasa chloris Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Southwestern squash vine borer	Melittia calabaza Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
Southwestern Squash Vine Borer Moth	Melittia calabaza Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
Spotted Fantail	Rhipidura perlata S. Müller, 1843
Squash borer	Melittia satyriniformis Hübner, 1825
Squash vine borer	Melittia amoena Harris, 1828
Squash vine borer	Melittia cucurbitae Harris, 1828
Squash vine borer	Melittia satyriniformis Hübner, 1825
Squash Vine Borer Moth	Melittia cucurbitae Harris, 1828
Stinging caterpillar	Parasa vivida Walker, 1865
Stinging rose caterpillar	Parasa indetermina Boisduval, 1832
Stinging Rose Caterpillar Moth	Parasa indetermina Boisduval, 1832
Stinging Rose Moth	Parasa indetermina Boisduval, 1832
Strawberry Crown Moth	Synanthedon hemizonae Boisduval, 1869
Strawberry Crown Moth	Synanthedon bibionipennis Boisduval, 1869
Sycamore Borer	Synanthedon resplendens Edwards, 1881
Sycamore Borer Moth	Synanthedon resplendens Edwards, 1881

T
Texana Clearwing	Carmenta texana Edwards, 1881
Texana Clearwing Moth	Carmenta texana Edwards, 1881
The Boneset Borer	Carmenta pyralidiformis Walker, 1856
Thrift Clearwing	Synansphecia muscaeformis Esper, 1783
Thrift Clearwing	Pyropteron muscaeforme Esper, 1783
Thrift Clearwing	Chamaesphecia aestivata Králícek, 1969
Thrift Clearwing	Pyropteron muscaeformis Esper, 1783
Tupelo Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon rubrofascia Edwards, 1881

V
Viburnum borer	Synanthedon viburni Engelhardt, 1925
Viburnum Borer Moth	Synanthedon viburni Engelhardt, 1925
Viburnum Clearwing	Synanthedon viburni Engelhardt, 1925
Viburnum Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon viburni Engelhardt, 1925

W
Wasp Moth	Melittia Hübner, 1819
Welsch Clearwing	Synanthedon scoliaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Welsh Clearwing	Synanthedon scoliaeformis Borkhausen, 1789
Welsh Clearwing	Synanthedon danieli Capuse, 1973
Western Oakgall Clearwing	Carmenta querci Edwards, 1882
Western peach borer	Sanninoidea exitiosa Say, 1823
Western Willow Borer	Synanthedon albicornis Edwards, 1881
Western Willow Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon albicornis Edwards, 1881
White-barred Clearwing	Synanthedon spheciformis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Willow Borer	Synanthedon proxima Edwards, 1881
Willow Clearwing	Synanthedon sigmoidea Beutenmüller, 1897
Willow clearwing borer	Synanthedon proxima Edwards, 1881
Willow Clearwing Moth	Synanthedon sigmoidea Beutenmüller, 1897
Willow stem borer	Synanthedon albicornis Edwards, 1881
Willow Stem Borer Moth	Synanthedon albicornis Edwards, 1881

Y
Yellow-legged Clearwing	Synanthedon vespiformis Linnaeus, 1761

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