Checklist of Superfamily Sesioidea Common, 1974 (Clearwings)
for Congo (Central Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 516
8791
39463 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
8777
39440 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 495
8681
39128 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 324
7097
34844 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 68
2469
11529 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 68
2468
11527 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 66
2462
11516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Tineina
Stainton, 1857
| 32
649
1912 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
| 6
105
317 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings | 1
24
67 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Congo
1 Family width 67 Species
Genera for Congo
24 Genera with 67 Species
| Afrokona H. Fischer, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afromelittia Gorbunov & A..., 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camaegeria Strand, 2012 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamaesphecia Spuler, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 1899 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cicinnoscelis Holland, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Conopia Huebner, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Crinipus Hampson, 2025 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episannina Aurivillius, 1911 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Grypopalpia Hampson, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyleina Bartsch, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepidopoda Hampson, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrotarsipus Hampson, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melittia Hübner, 1916 | Wasp Moth | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Ninia BAIRD & GIRARD, 1900 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nyctaegeria Le Cerf, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthrene Hübner, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasa Moore, 1893 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Similipepsis Le Cerf, 1911 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Similisynagris Gorbunov, 2023 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sura Walker, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synanthedon Hübner, 1934 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Tipulamima Holland, 1933 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Congo
67 Species | Afrokona aerea H. Fischer, 2006 | | | Afromelittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Camaegeria massai Bartsch & Berg, 2012 | | | Chamaesphecia (Scopulosphecia) clathrata Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Chamanthedon auronitens Le Cerf, 1913 | | | Chamanthedon brillians Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Chamanthedon fulvipes Hampson, 1910 | | | Chamanthedon tropica Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Cicinnoscelis longipes Holland, 1893 | | | Conopia auronitens (Le Cerf, 1913) | ⇒ Tipulamima auronitens Le Cerf, 1913 | | Conopia nuba (Beutenmüller, 1899) | ⇒ Synanthedon nuba Beutenmüller, 1899 | | Conopia olenda (Beutenmüller, 1899) | ⇒ Synanthedon olenda Beutenmüller, 1899 | | Crinipus congoensis Bartsch, Sáf..., 2025 | | | Episannina lodimana Strand, 1918 | | | Episannina lodimanum Strand, 1918 | | | Episannina perlucida Le Cerf, 1911 | | | Grypopalpia uranopla Meyrick, 1934 | | | Hyleina kaphetea Bartsch, 2017 | | | Lepidopoda festiva Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Lepidopoda nuba Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Macrotarsipus africana Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910 | | | Melittia azrael Le Cerf, 1914 | | | Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910 | | | Melittia congoana (Le Cerf, 1916) | ⇒ Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910 | | Melittia hyaloxantha Meyrick, 1928 | | | Melittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917) | ⇒ Afromelittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917 | | Melittia tabanus Le Cerf, 1916 | | | Ninia magnifica Alberti, 1957 | | | Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782) | ⇒ Cicinnocnemis cornuta Holland, 1894 | | Ninia saphira Aurivillius, 1900 | | | Nyctaegeria nobilis Druce, 1910 | | | Paranthrene lodimana (Strand, 1918) | ⇒ Episannina lodimana Strand, 1918 | | Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899 | | | Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911 | | | Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892 | | | Parasa charopa Bethune-Baker, 1909 | | | Parasa concavata Strand, 1913 | | | Parasa divisa West, 1940 | | | Parasa hexamitobalia Tams, 1930 | | | Parasa lanceolata Hering, 1928 | | | Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900 | | | Parasa urda (Druce, 1887) | ⇒ Latoia urda Druce, 1887 | | Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893 | | | Similipepsis aurea Gaede, 1929 | | | Similipepsis typica Strand, 1913 | | | Similipepsis violacea Le Cerf, 1911 | | | Similipepsis violaceus Le Cerf, 1911 | | | Similisynagris aurea Gaede, 1929 | | | Similisynagris kapanga Gorbunov, 2023 | | | Sura ellenbergeri Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Synanthedon albiventris (Heppner & Du..., 1981) | ⇒ Synanthedon leucogaster Hampson, 1919 | | Synanthedon beutenmuelleri Heppner & Du..., 1981 | | | Synanthedon cyanescens Hampson, 1910 | | | Synanthedon dybowskii Le Cerf, 1917 | | | Synanthedon gabuna Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Synanthedon leucogaster Hampson, 1919 | | | Synanthedon malimba Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Synanthedon nuba Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Synanthedon nyanga Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Synanthedon olenda Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Synanthedon phaedrostoma Meyrick, 1934 | | | Tipulamima auronitens Le Cerf, 1913 | | | Tipulamima festiva Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Tipulamima malimba Beutenmüller, 1899 | | | Tipulamima pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933 | | | Vespanthedon cerceris Le Cerf, 1917 | |
Subnodes of Sesioidea with occurrences in Congo
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