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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Sesamia

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Family: Noctuidae> Subfamily: Amphipyrinae  

Species native to southern Africa

List from Vári et al. (2002).

Sesamia albicolor 

 

Sesamia albivena

 

Sesamia botanephaga

 

Sesamia calamistis

 

Sesamia coniota

 

Sesamia cretica

 

Sesamia epunctifera

 

Sesamia incerta

 

Sesamia inferens

 

Sesamia jansei

 

Sesamia nonagrioides*

 

Sesamia poephaga

 

Sesamia rubritincta

 

Sesamia rufescens

 

Sesamia steniptera

 

Sesamia sylvata

 

Sesamia taenioleuca

 

Publications

  • VÁRI, L., KROON, D.M., & KRÜGER, M. 2002. Classification and checklist of the species of Lepidoptera recorded in southern Africa. Simple Solutions, Chatswood Australia.