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Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828

110877 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:110877)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Hexapoda (Subphylum)
  5. Insecta (Class)
  6. Lepidoptera (Order)
  7. Sesiidae (Family)
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Lepidoptera

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  1. Genus Adixoa Hampson, 1893
  2. Genus Adixoana Strand, 1913
  3. Genus Aegeria Fabricius, 1807
  4. Genus Aegerina Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  5. Genus Aegerosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  6. Genus Aenigmina Le Cerf, 1912
  7. Genus Afranthrene Bartsch & Sáfián, 2024
  8. Genus Afrokona Fischer, 2006
  9. Genus Agriomelissa Meyrick, 1931
  10. Genus Albuna Edwards, 1881
  11. Genus Alcathoe Edwards, 1882
  12. Genus Alonina Walker, 1856
  13. Genus Amphithales Meyrick, 1926
  14. Genus Anaudia Wallengren, 1863
  15. Genus Archaeosesia Kallies, 2020
  16. Genus Aschistophleps Hampson, 1893
  17. Genus Augangela Meyrick, 1932
  18. Genus Aurantiosphecia Skowron Volponi, 2020
  19. Genus Balataea Walker, 1864
  20. Genus Barbasphecia Pühringer & Sáfián, 2011
  21. Genus Bembecia Hübner, 1819
  22. Genus Bombosceles Meyrick, 1930
  23. Genus Cabomina de Freina, 2008
  24. Genus Calasesia Beutenmüller, 1899
  25. Genus Callisphecia Le Cerf, 1917
  26. Genus Callithia Le Cerf, 1917
  27. Genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914
  28. Genus Carmenta Edwards, 1881
  29. Genus Caudicornia Bryk, 1947
  30. Genus Ceritrypetes Bradley, 1956
  31. Genus Chamaesphecia Spuler in Hofmann-Spuler, 1910
  32. Genus Chamanthedon Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  33. Genus Chlorosphecia Bartsch & Sáfián in Sáfián & Bartsch, 2022
  34. Genus Cicinnoscelis Holland, 1893
  35. Genus Cinctosesia Bartsch, 2018
  36. Genus Cissuvora Engelhardt, 1946
  37. Genus Clavigera Kallies & Arita, 2004
  38. Genus Clavisphecia Kallies, 2011
  39. Genus Coccophila Bartsch, 2015
  40. Genus Conopia Hübner, 1819
  41. Genus Conopsia Strand, 1913
  42. Genus Conopyga Felder, 1861
  43. Genus Crinipus Hampson, 1896
  44. Genus Dasysphecia Hampson, 1919
  45. Genus Desmopoda Felder, 1874
  46. Genus Dipsosphecia Spuler, 1910
  47. Genus Echidgnathia Hampson, 1919
  48. Genus Eichlinia Gorbunov, 2020
  49. Genus Episannina Aurivillius, 1905
  50. Genus Epitarsipus Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1922
  51. Genus Erismatica Meyrick, 1933
  52. Genus Eudiakonoffia Fletcher in Fletcher & Nye, 1982
  53. Genus Euhagena Edwards, 1881
  54. Genus Euryphrissa Butler, 1874
  55. Genus Felderiola Naumann, 1971
  56. Genus Ficivora Clarke, 1962
  57. Genus Fortikona Bartsch & Sáfián, 2023
  58. Genus Glossosphecia Hampson, 1919
  59. Genus Grypopalpia Hampson, 1919
  60. Genus Gymnosophistis Meyrick, 1934
  61. Genus Hagnogyna Bartsch, 2013
  62. Genus Halictina Bartsch, 2016
  63. Genus Heterosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  64. Genus Homogyna Le Cerf, 1911
  65. Genus Hovaesia Le Cerf, 1957
  66. Genus Hyleina Bartsch, 2017
  67. Genus Hymenoclea Engelhardt, 1946
  68. Genus Hymenosphecia Le Cerf, 1917
  69. Genus Hypanthedon Hampson, 1919
  70. Genus Hypomelittia Hampson, 1919
  71. Genus Ichneumenoptera Hampson, 1893
  72. Genus Ichneumonella Gorbunov & Arita, 2005
  73. Genus Idiopogon Meyrick, 1934
  74. Genus Isocylindra Meyrick, 1930
  75. Genus Isothamnis Meyrick, 1935
  76. Genus Jerbeia Gorbunov, 2018
  77. Genus Kemneriella Bryk, 1947
  78. Genus Laetosphecia Kallies & Arita in Kallies, Arita, Owada & Wang, 2014
  79. Genus Lamellisphecia Kallies & Arita, 2004
  80. Genus Lenyra Walker, 1856
  81. Genus Lenyrhova Le Cerf, 1957
  82. Genus Lepidopoda Hampson, 1900
  83. Genus Leptaegeria Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916
  84. Genus Leuthneria Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925
  85. Genus Lolibaia Gorbunov & Gurko, 2017
  86. Genus Lophoceps Hampson, 1919
  87. Genus Macroscelesia Hampson, 1919
  88. Genus Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  89. Genus Macrotarsipus Hampson, 1893
  90. Genus Madasphecia Viette, 1982
  91. Genus Malayomelittia Skowron Volponi, 2022
  92. Genus Malgassesia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1922
  93. Genus Melanosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  94. Genus Melisophista Meyrick, 1927
  95. Genus Melittia Hübner, 1819
  96. Genus Melittina Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  97. Genus Melittosesia Bartsch, 2009
  98. Genus Metasphecia Le Cerf in Oberthur, 1917
  99. Genus Micrecia Hampson, 1919
  100. Genus Microsesia Bartsch, 2015
  101. Genus Microsynanthedon Viette, 1955
  102. Genus Mimocrypta Naumann, 1971
  103. Genus Monopetalotaxis Wallengren, 1858
  104. Genus Myrmecosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  105. Genus Neosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  106. Genus Neotinthia Hampson, 1919
  107. Genus Nepyrophleps Gorbunov, 2021
  108. Genus Nesosphecia Bartsch, 2018
  109. Genus Nimbamina Sáfián & Bartsch, 2022
  110. Genus Ninia Walker, 1856
  111. Genus Noctusphecia de Freina, 2011
  112. Genus Nokona Matsumura, 1931
  113. Genus Nyctaegeria Le Cerf, 1914
  114. Genus Oligophlebia Hampson, 1893
  115. Genus Oligophlebiella Strand, 1916
  116. Genus Osmanthedon Kallies, 2018
  117. Genus Osmiasphex Bartsch & Bakowski, 2026
  118. Genus Osminia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  119. Genus Palmia Beutenmüller, 1896
  120. Genus Paradoxecia Hampson, 1919
  121. Genus Paranthrene Hübner, 1819
  122. Genus Paranthrenopsis Le Cerf, 1911
  123. Genus Parasesia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  124. Genus Pedalonina Gaede in Seitz, 1929
  125. Genus Pennisetia Dehne, 1850
  126. Genus Penstemonia Engelhardt, 1946
  127. Genus Phlogothauma Butler, 1882
  128. Genus Podosesia Möschler, 1879
  129. Genus Premelittia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  130. Genus Proaegeria Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  131. Genus Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  132. Genus Pseudodelta Bartsch & Sáfián, 2026
  133. Genus Pseudomelittia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  134. Genus Pyranthrene Hampson, 1919
  135. Genus Pyrophleps Arita & Gorbunov, 2000
  136. Genus Pyropteron Newman, 1832
  137. Genus Ramosia Engelhardt, 1946
  138. Genus Rectala Bryk, 1947
  139. Genus Rhipidurina Naumann, 1971
  140. Genus Rodolphia Le Cerf, 1911
  141. Genus Rubukona Fischer, 2007
  142. Genus Sannina Walker, 1856
  143. Genus Sanninoidea Beutenmüller, 1899
  144. Genus Scalarignathia Capuse, 1973
  145. Genus Scarlata Skowron Volponi, 2022
  146. Genus Scasiba Matsumura, 1931
  147. Genus Sesia Fabricius, 1775
  148. Genus Signaphora Engelhardt, 1946
  149. Genus Similipepsis Le Cerf, 1911
  150. Genus Sincara Walker, 1856
  151. Genus Sophona Walker, 1856
  152. Genus Spatenkana Bartsch, 2022
  153. Genus Sphecia Hübner, 1819
  154. Genus Sphecosesia Hampson, 1910
  155. Genus Spherodoptera Matsumura, 1931
  156. Genus Stenosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  157. Genus Sura Walker, 1856
  158. Genus Sylvora Engelhardt, 1946
  159. Genus Synanthedon Hübner, 1819
  160. Genus Tarsopoda Butler, 1874
  161. Genus Teleosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  162. Genus Thamnosphecia Spuler in Hofmann-Spuler, 1910
  163. Genus Thyranthrene Hampson, 1919
  164. Genus Tinthia Walker, 1864
  165. Genus Tipulamima Holland, 1894
  166. Genus Tipulia Kralicek & Povolny, 1977
  167. Genus Tirista Walker, 1864
  168. Genus Toleria Walker, 1864
  169. Genus Toosa Walker, 1856
  170. Genus Tradescanticola Hampson, 1919
  171. Genus Trichobaptes Holland, 1894
  172. Genus Trichocerota Hampson, 1893
  173. Genus Trilochana Moore in Hewitson & Moore, 1879
  174. Genus Tyrictaca Walker, 1862
  175. Genus Uranothyris Meyrick, 1933
  176. Genus Vespaegeria Strand, 1913
  177. Genus Vespamima Beutenmüller, 1894
  178. Genus Vespanthedon Le Cerf, 1917
  179. Genus Vespisesia Heppner, 2010
  180. Genus Weismanniola Naumann, 1971
  181. Genus Xenoses Durrant, 1924
  182. Genus Zenodoxus Grote & Robinson, 1868
  183. Genus Zhuosesia Yang, 1977
  184. Genus Acalthoe Riley & Howard, 1891 accepted as Alcathoe Edwards, 1882
  185. Genus Aritasesia Nakamura, 2009 accepted as Nokona Matsumura, 1931
  186. Genus Bombecia Pagenstecher, 1909 accepted as Bembecia Hübner, 1819
  187. Genus Chamanthedon Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Chamanthedon Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  188. Genus Chimaerosphecia Strand, 1915 accepted as Toleria Walker, 1864
  189. Genus Cryptomima Butler, 1902 accepted as Mimocrypta Naumann, 1971 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  190. Genus Diakonoffia Niculescu, 1969 accepted as Eudiakonoffia Fletcher in Fletcher & Nye, 1982
  191. Genus Egeria Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Aegeria Fabricius, 1807
  192. Genus Eublepharis Felder, 1874 accepted as Leuthneria Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925
  193. Genus Fatua Edwards, 1882 accepted as Paranthrene Hübner, 1819 (Junior homonym)
  194. Genus Gaea Beutenmüller, 1896 accepted as Euhagena Edwards, 1881 (synonym)
  195. Genus Gaëa Beutenmüller, 1896 accepted as Euhagena Edwards, 1881 (synonym, also alternative representation (of Gaea))
  196. Genus Grotea Möschler, 1876 accepted as Podosesia Möschler, 1879
  197. Genus Heterosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Heterosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  198. Genus Hymenophecia LeCerf, 1917 accepted as Hymenosphecia Le Cerf, 1917
  199. Genus Ichneumonoptera Fletcher, 1929 accepted as Ichneumenoptera Hampson, 1893
  200. Genus Larunda Edwards, 1881 accepted as Euhagena Edwards, 1881 (junior homonym and synonym)
  201. Genus Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  202. Genus Megalosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Megalosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 accepted as Cicinnoscelis Holland, 1893 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  203. Genus Megalosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 accepted as Cicinnoscelis Holland, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  204. Genus Melanosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Melanosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  205. Genus Neosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Neosphecia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  206. Genus Paranthrena Heyden in Herrich-Schaefer, 1846 accepted as Paranthrene Hübner, 1819
  207. Genus Parasesia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Parasesia Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  208. Genus Parathrene Busck, 1909 accepted as Paranthrene Hübner, 1819
  209. Genus Phemonoe Edwards, 1882 accepted as Sannina Walker, 1856 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  210. Genus Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  211. Genus Pseudalcathoë Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1916 accepted as Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  212. Genus Pseudalcathoë Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917 accepted as Pseudalcathoe Le Cerf in Oberthuer, 1917
  213. Genus Pytopterum Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Pyropteron Newman, 1832
  214. Genus Rudolphia Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925 accepted as Rodolphia Le Cerf, 1911
  215. Genus Sanninoidea Beutenmüller, 1896 accepted as Sanninoidea Beutenmüller, 1899 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  216. Genus Sara Druce, 1882 accepted as Sura Walker, 1856
  217. Genus Saunina Boisduval in Boisduval & Guenée, 1874 accepted as Sannina Walker, 1856 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  218. Genus Scioptera Pagenstecher, 1909 (Misspelling)
  219. Genus Sciopterum Bartel in Seitz, 1912 (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  220. Genus Setia Oken, 1815 accepted as Sesia Fabricius, 1775 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in a rejected work)
  221. Genus Setia Meigen, 1829 accepted as Sesia Fabricius, 1775 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  222. Genus Sometia Meigen, 1829 accepted as Sesia Fabricius, 1775
  223. Genus Sospita Edwards, 1882 accepted as Sannina Walker, 1856 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  224. Genus Spherodoptera Matsumura, 1931, nom. nud. accepted as Spherodoptera Matsumura, 1931 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  225. Genus Thamnoscelis Meyrick, 1935 accepted as Isothamnis Meyrick, 1935
  226. Genus Tipulomima Meyrick, 1928 accepted as Tipulamima Holland, 1894
  227. Genus Trichocerata Dalla Torre & Strand, 1925 accepted as Trichocerota Hampson, 1893
  228. Genus Veismannia Hampson, 1919 † accepted as Weismanniola Naumann, 1971
  229. Genus Weismannia Spuler, 1910 † accepted as Weismanniola Naumann, 1971 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  230. Genus Afromelittia Gorbunov & Arita, 1997 (uncertain, unassessed)
  231. Genus Akaisphecia Gorbunov & Arita, 1995 (uncertain, unassessed)
  232. Genus Anthedonella Gorbunov & Arita, 1999 (uncertain, unassessed)
  233. Genus Bidentotinthia Arita & Gorbunov in Arita, Gorbunov & Mohamed, 2003 (uncertain, unassessed)
  234. Genus Cephalomelittia Gorbunov & Arita, 1995 (uncertain, unassessed)
  235. Genus Cicinnocnemis Holland, 1893 (uncertain, unassessed)
  236. Genus Corematosetia Kallies & Arita, 2001 (uncertain, unassessed)
  237. Genus Cyanophlebia Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 (uncertain, unassessed)
  238. Genus Dipchasphecia Capuse, 1973 (uncertain, unassessed)
  239. Genus Ductispina Capuse, 1973 (uncertain, unassessed)
  240. Genus Gasterostena Arita & Gorbunov, 2003 (uncertain, unassessed)
  241. Genus Kantipuria Gorbunov & Arita, 1999 (uncertain, unassessed)
  242. Genus Madaspecia Viette, 1982 (uncertain, unassessed)
  243. Genus Milisipepsis Gorbunov & Arita, 1995 (uncertain, unassessed)
  244. Genus Miniosa Gorbunov & Arita, 2001 (uncertain, unassessed)
  245. Genus Negotinthia Gorbunov, 2001 (uncertain, unassessed)
  246. Genus Paradipsosphecia Capuse, 1973 (uncertain, unassessed)
  247. Genus Paraglossecia Gorbunov, 1988 (uncertain, unassessed)
  248. Genus Paranthrenina (uncertain, unassessed)
  249. Genus Parasa Wallengren, 1863 (uncertain, unassessed)
  250. Genus Poderis Boisduval in Boisduval & Guenée, 1874 (uncertain, unassessed)
  251. Genus Pseudosphecia Capuse, 1973 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  252. Genus Ravitria Gorbunov & Arita, 2000 (uncertain, unassessed)
  253. Genus Sazonia Gorbunov & Arita, 2001 (uncertain, unassessed)
  254. Genus Schimia Gorbunov & Arita, 1999 (uncertain, unassessed)
  255. Genus Sciapteron Staudinger, 1854 (uncertain, unassessed)
  256. Genus Scoliokona Kallies & Arita, 1998 (uncertain, unassessed)
  257. Genus Scopulosphecia Lastuvka, 1988 (uncertain, unassessed)
  258. Genus Synansphecia Capuse, 1973 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  259. Genus Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 (uncertain, unassessed)
  260. Genus Tarsotinthia Arita & Gorbunov in Arita, Gorbunov & Mohamed, 2003 (uncertain, unassessed)
  261. Genus Thamnoscelis Meyrick, 1928 (uncertain, unassessed)
  262. Genus Uncothedon Gorbunov & Arita, 1999 (uncertain, unassessed)
  263. Genus Vietomelittia Gorbunov, 1988 (uncertain, unassessed)
  264. Genus Vitraria Gorbunov & Arita, 1999 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2021). Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110877 on 2026-07-14
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2020-05-25 18:57:00Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

additional source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

taxonomy source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

name verified source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

current name source van Nieukerken, E. J.; Kaila, L.; Kitching, I. J.; Kristensen, N. P.; Lees, D. C.; et al. (2011). Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3148: 212-221. [details] 

extant flag source as per included genera [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Butterflies/moths, terrestrial (Parker) [details]
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