List of moths of Australia (Sesiidae)
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This is a list of the Australian species of the Family
Sesiidae
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Sesiidae
Sesiidae
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are family of the Lepidoptera in which the wings partially have hardly any of the normal lepidopteran scales, leaving them transparent. The bodies are generally striped with yellow, red or white, sometimes very brightly, and they have simple antennae...
. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
Sesiinae
- Carmenta mimosaCarmenta mimosaCarmenta mimosa is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is native to Central America , but has been introduced to Northern Territory of Australia in 1989....
Eichlin & Passoa, 1984 - Chamaesphecia mysiniformisChamaesphecia mysiniformisChamaesphecia mysiniformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, and northern Morocco, but has been introduced to Victoria, Australia in 1997....
(Boisduval, 1840) - Ichneumenoptera chrysophanesIchneumenoptera chrysophanesThe Clearwing Persimmon Borer is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found from Cairns in Queensland to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory....
(Meyrick, 1886) - Ichneumenoptera commoniIchneumenoptera commoniIchneumenoptera commoni is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known only fromthe male type which was collected near Toowoomba in Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 8.5 mm for males.-External links:***...
(Duckworth & Eichlin, 1974) - Ichneumenoptera xanthogynaIchneumenoptera xanthogynaIchneumenoptera xanthogyna is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known only from locations near Kuranda in Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 11 mm for males and about 15 mm for females.-External links:***...
(Hampson, 1919) - Melittia chalybescensMelittia chalybescensMelittia chalybescens is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known only from Queensland, where it was collected near Kuranda and Mackay.The length of the forewings is 14-15 mm for males and about 16 mm for females.-External links:***...
Miskin, 1892 - Melittia doddiMelittia doddiMelittia doddi is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known only from Queensland, where it was collected near Kuranda.The length of the forewings is 12-14 mm for males and 13-14 mm for females.-Taxonomy:...
Le Cerf, 1916 - Nokona caruliferaNokona caruliferaNokona carulifera is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is only known from Kuranda in Queensland, but probably occurs throughout the western coastal regions of Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 11 mm for males and about 13 mm for females....
(Hampson, 1919) - Nokona coracodesNokona coracodesNokona coracodes is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is only known from Toowoomba in Queensland.-Taxonomy:Nokona coracodes was placed as a synonym of Nokona carulifera, but was reinstated as a valid species in 2001.-External links:**...
(Turner 1922) - Pseudosesia isozonaPseudosesia isozonaPseudosesia isozona is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Queensland.The length of the forewings is 10-11 mm for males and about 11 mm for females.This species resembles Pseudosesia oberthuri...
(Meyrick, 1886) - Pseudosesia oberthuri (Le Cerf, 1916)
- Pseudosesia zoniotaPseudosesia zoniotaPseudosesia zoniota is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known only fromthe female holotype which was collected near the Claudie River on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 11 mm for females.-External links:...
(Turner, 1922) - Pyropteron doryliformis (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
- Synanthedon cupreifasciaSynanthedon cupreifasciaSynanthedon cupreifascia is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known only from locations near Mackay in Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 11 mm for females.-External links:***...
(Miskin, 1892) - Synanthedon tipuliformisSynanthedon tipuliformisSynanthedon tipuliformis, known as the Currant Clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is endemic to the Palearctic ecozone, but is an invasive species in the Nearctic ecozone and the Australasia ecozone.The wingspan is...
(Clerck, 1759) - Trilochana smaragdinaTrilochana smaragdinaTrilochana smaragdina is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It was known only from a single female from West Papua , but has recently also been collected in Queensland, Australia.-External links:**...
Diakonoff, 1954
Tinthiinae
- Oligophlebia eusphyraOligophlebia eusphyraOligophlebia eusphyra is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is only known from Kuranda in Queensland near Cairns.The length of the forewings is about 6 mm for males and 8-9 for females....
(Turner, 1917) - Oligophlebia ignifluaOligophlebia ignifluaOligophlebia igniflua is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is only known from the Brisbane district in Queensland, but the distribution of its known host-plant suggests that it will ultimately be found to occur in other rainforest areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory.The length of the...
(T.P. Lucas, 1893) - Tinthia xanthospilaTinthia xanthospilaTinthia xanthospila is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is only known from the type-specimen, which was collected at Cedar Bay in Queensland.The length of the forewings is about 7 mm for males.-External links:**...
Hampson, 1919