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Checklist for Superfamily Sesioidea Common, 1974 (Clearwings)
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
3514
7841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
3513
7840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
302
3456
7694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
2933
6972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
53
1254
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
25
305
529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
5
58
97
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings
1
19
32
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sierra Leone
1 Family width 32 Species
Sesiidae (Boisduval, 1828)Clear Wings32SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sierra Leone
19 Genera with 32 Species
Aegeria Fabricius, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Camaegeria Strand, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Chamanthedon Le Cerf, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Cicinnoscelis Holland, 20231SpeciesTaxom
Episannina Aurivillius, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopoda Hampson, 19193SpeciesTaxom
Lophoceps Hampson, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Macrotarsipus Hampson, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Melittia Hübner, 1773Wasp Moth2SpeciesTaxom
Ninia BAIRD & GIRARD, 17821SpeciesTaxom
Palmia Beutenmüller, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Paranthrene Hübner, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Parasa Moore, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Pyranthrene Hampson, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Similipepsis Le Cerf, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Synanthedon Hübner, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Tipulamima Holland, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Uranothyris Meyrick, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Vespaegeria Le Cerf, 19121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
32 Species
Aegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932)⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
Camaegeria exochiformis Walker, 1856
Camaegeria lioscelis (Meyrick, 1935)⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
Chamanthedon brillians Beutenmüller, 1899
Chamanthedon striata Gaede, 1929
Cicinnoscelis grandiosus Bartsch & Sá..., 2023
Episannina sylphina Hampson, 1919
Episannina zygaenura Meyrick, 1933
Lepidopoda rubripalpis Meyrick, 1932
Lepidopoda rubripicta Hampson, 1919
Lepidopoda sylphina Hampson, 1919
Lophoceps quinquepuncta Hampson, 1919
Macrotarsipus lioscelis (Meyrick, 1935)⇒ Camaegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
Macrotarsipus microthyris Hampson, 1919
Melittia chlorophila Hering, 1935
Melittia tibialis Drury, 1773
Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)⇒ Cicinnocnemis cornuta Holland, 1894
Palmia adustalis Hampson, 1917
Paranthrene anthrax Le Cerf, 1916
Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892
Parasa chlorophila Hering, 1935
Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933
Pyranthrene nigriceps Hampson, 1919
Similipepsis typica Strand, 1913
Synanthedon rubripalpis Meyrick, 1932
Synanthedon rubripicta Hampson, 1919
Synanthedon trithyris Meyrick, 1926
Tipulamima nigriceps Hampson, 1919
Tipulamima pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933
Uranothyris pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933
Vespaegeria typica (Strand, 1912)⇒ Similipepsis typica Strand, 1913

Subnodes of Sesioidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone
FamilySesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths, Clearwings, Sesiid Moths, Sessid moths, Wasp-mimic moths
19
32
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Sesioidea at itis.gov