Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae

• Sesamia atlantica Boursin, 1944 Morocco. See [maps]

  • Sesamia atlantica Boursin, 1944; 167, pl. 5, f.13, pl. 5, f. 16; TL: Morocco, near Rabat, Schoul

  • Sesamia atlantica; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia confusa (Sugi, 1982) Far East. See [maps]

  • Sesamia confusa; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857 Spain, S.France, Italy, Balkans, Greece, Arabia, Somalia, Near East, Asia Minor, Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan, India. See [maps]

  • Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857; Noctuinen Europa's: 225; TL: [Greece, Crete]
  • Nonagria cyrnaea Mabille, 1867; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (4) 6 (4): 559, pl. 8, f. 7; TL: France, Corsica
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 331
    • = Sesamia cyrnaea ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia fraterna Moore, 1882; Descr. Indian lep. Atkinson (2): 103; TL: Himachal Pradesh, Dharmsala
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 331
    • = Sesamia cyrnaea ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia cretica var. striata Staudinger, 1888; Stettin ent. Ztg 49 (1-3): 27; TL: Uzbekistan, Margelan
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 331
    • = Sesamia cyrnaea ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia pecki Tams, 1938; 9, pl. 1, f. 1-2; TL: Somalia, Burao
    • = Sesamia cyrnaea ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183

  • Sesamia cretica, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Sesamia cretica; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 331, f. 147; [POOLE]
• Sesamia geyri (Strand, 1915) Egypt. See [maps]

  • Nonagria ? geyri Strand, 1915; 98; TL: Egypt, Bahr el Abiad, Meschra Zeraf

  • Sesamia geyri; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia ilonae Hacker, 2002

  • Sesamia ilonae; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856) Indo-Australian tropics - Solomons, Taiwan, Japan, Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Leucania inferens Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 105; TL: Ceylon
  • Leucania proscripta Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 106; TL: [Indonesia] "East Indies"
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia tranquilaris Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 674
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Nonagria gracilis Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 675; TL: Formosa
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia albiciliata Snellen, 1880; Tijdschr. Ent. 23: 44
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Nonagria innocens Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (2): 173; TL: Yokohama
    • = ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia creticoides Strand, 1920; 113; TL: Formosa, Alikang
    • = ; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia kosempoana Strand, 1920; 113; TL: Formosa, Kosempo
    • = ; [NE8], 183
  • Sesamia sokutsuana Strand, 1920; 113; TL: Formosa, Sokutsu
    • = ; [NE8], 183
  • Semasia[sic] hirayamae Matsumura, 1929; 119; TL: Formosa, Taihoku
    • = ; [NE8], 183

  • Sesamia inferens, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Sesamia tranquillaris; (missp.?)
  • Sesamia hirayamae; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia creticoides; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia kosempoana; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia sokutsuana; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia inferens; [POOLE]; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327, f. 144; [MOB12]: 130, pl. 5, f. 185-186, 191

  Larva on Coix , Echinochloa , Oryza , Panicum , Saccharum , Setaria , Triticum , Zea , Zizania , Diospyros [MOB12], 131

• Sesamia nigropunctata (Wileman, 1912) Formosa

  • Archanara nigropunctata Wileman, 1912; 148; TL: Formosa, Kanshirei
  • Conicophoria formosana Matsumura, 1929; 118; TL: Formosa, Taihoku
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • robustior Strand, 1920
    • = ; [NE8], 183
  • kosemponensis Strand, 1920
    • = ; [NE8], 183

  • Nonagria nigropunctata; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia nigropunctata; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827) Spain, S.France, Italy, Balkans, Greece, NW.Africa, W.Africa - Congo - SW.Africa. See [maps]

  • Cossus nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827; Mém. Soc. Linn. de Paris, 1827: 98, pl. 5, f. 3; TL: Sicily, Palermo
    • = Sesamia vuteria ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 324
  • Nonagria hesperica Rambur, 1837; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (1): pl. 18; TL: Andalousie
    • = Sesamia vuteria ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 324
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 184
  • Nonagria sacchari Wollaston, 1858; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 1 (2): 117; TL: Madeira
    • = Sesamia vuteria ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 325
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 184
  • Tapinostola gracilis Rebel, 1898; Ann. Mus. Wien 13: 365 (preocc. Nonagria gracilis Butler, 1880); TL: Canary Islands
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 184
  • Sesamia vuteria f. ciccarelli Mariani, 1934; 184; TL: Italy, Messina
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 184

  • Sesamia nonagrioides, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Sesamia nonagrioides, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Sesamia nonagrioides, African Moths [AFM]

  • Sesamia gracilis Rebel, 1899; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 332, pl. 144, f. 26
  • Sesamia nonagrioides; [POOLE]
• Sesamia pseudoturpis Kononenko & Ahn, 1998 Korea. See [maps]

  • Sesamia pseudoturpis; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia punctilinea (Wileman, 1912)

  • Sesamia punctilinea; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia punctivena (Wileman, 1814)

  • Sesamia inquirinda Strand, 1920
    • = ; [NE8], 183

  • Sesamia punctivena; [NE8], 183; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia rungsi Boursin, 1957 Afghanistan. See [maps]

  • Sesamia rungsi Boursin, 1957; 250; TL: Afghanistan, Nuristan, Kunartal, Asmar

  • Sesamia rungsi; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia submarginalis (Hampson, 1891)

  • Sesamia submarginalis, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

  • Sesamia submarginalis; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia turpis (Butler, 1879) Japan, Korea, .... See [maps]

  • Nonagria turpis Butler, 1879; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 4 (23): 359; TL: Japan, Yokohama
  • Sideritis sinuosella Bryk, 1948; 84; TL: Korea, Motojondo
    • = ; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183; [RFEL]

  • Phragmatiphila turpis; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 272, pl. 143, f. 4
  • Nonagria turpis; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia turpis; [NE8], 183; [RFEL]
• Sesamia vanharteni Hacker & Fibiger, 2002

  • Sesamia vanharteni; [NE8], 183
• Sesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963 Egypt. See [maps]

  • Sesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963; 70, f. 2, 4; TL: Egypt, Ismailia

  • Sesamia wiltshirei; [POOLE]; [NE8], 183

• Sesamia albicolor Janse, 1939 Transvaal, .... See [maps]

  • Sesamia albicolor Janse, 1939; 376, pl. 41, f. 17; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria

  • Sesamia albicolor; [POOLE]
• Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902 Sudan, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. See [maps]

  • Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 297; TL: Mashonaland, Salisbury
  • Sesamia albivena sudanensis Tams & Bowden, 1953; 673, f. 40-41; TL: Sudan, Temboura
    • = ; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia albivena mocoensis Tams & Bowden, 1953; 674, f. 42; TL: [Mozambique] Portuguese E. Africa, Luimbale, Mt. Moco
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Sesamia albivena, African Moths [AFM]

  • Sesamia albavena[sic, recte albivena]; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 330, pl. 144, f. 24
  • Sesamia albivena; [POOLE]
• Sesamia arfaki Bethune-baker, 1910 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Sesamia arfaki Bethune-baker, 1910; 444; TL: Arfak Mtns

  • Sesamia arfaki; [POOLE]
• Sesamia bombiformis Wallengren, 1860 Uruguay, .... See [maps]

  • Sesamia bombiformis Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monats. 4 (6): 170; TL: Montevideo

  • Sesamia bombiformis; [POOLE]
• Sesamia botanephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953 S.Nigeria, .... See [maps]

  • Sesamia botanephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953; Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 662, f. 12-14, 57-58; TL: S. Nigeria, Ilesha

  • Sesamia botanephaga; [POOLE]
• Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910 South Africa, Angola. See [maps]

  • Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 325, pl. 144, f. 18; TL: Cape Colony
  • Sesamia mediastriga Bethune-Baker, 1911; 518; TL: Angola, N'Dalla
    • = ; [POOLE]

  • Sesamia calamistis, African Moths [AFM]

  • Sesamia calamistis; [POOLE]
• Sesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938 Celebes. See [maps]

  • Sesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938; 11, f. 4; TL: N. Celebes

  • Sesamia celebensis; [POOLE]
• Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902 Zimbabwe, ..., Cape. See [maps]

  • Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 297; TL: Mashonaland, Salisbury

  • Sesamia coniota, African Moths [AFM]

  • Sesamia coniota; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 326, pl. 144, f. 19; [POOLE]
• Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902 South Africa - Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 298; TL: British East Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe; Cape Colony, Annshaw

  • Sesamia epunctifera, African Moths [AFM]

  • Sesamia epunctifera; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 329, f. 146; [POOLE]
• Sesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914 Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914; 163; TL: British East Africa, N. Kavirondo, Maramas dist., Ilala

  • Sesamia fuscifrontia; [POOLE]
• Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913 Ceylon. See [maps]

  • Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913; 190, pl. 21, row b; TL: Ceylon, Kandy

  • Sesamia griselda; [POOLE]
• Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1911 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1911; Novit. zool. 18: 148; TL: Dutch New Guinea, Snow Mts., Upper Setekwa River
  • Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1912; 35; TL: (redescr.?)

  • Sesamia grisescens; [POOLE]
• Sesamia hemiparacta Wileman & West, 1929 Philippines (Luzon). See [maps]

  • Sesamia hemiparacta Wileman & West, 1929; 11; TL: Philippines, Luzon, Benguet, Baguio

  • Sesamia hemiparacta; [POOLE]
• Sesamia incerta (Walker, 1856) South Africa. See [maps]

  • Leucania incerta Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 103; TL: South Africa
    • = Sesamia vuteria ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 324

  • Sesamia incerta; [POOLE]
• Sesamia jansei Tams & Bowden, 1953 South Africa. See [maps]

  • Sesamia jansei Tams & Bowden, 1953; Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 666, f. 22-24, 49-50; TL: Pretoria; Natal, Durban

  • Sesamia jansei; [POOLE]
• Sesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Sesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891; Lepid. Madagascar (2): 262; TL: Madagascar, Nossi Be.
    • = Sesamia vuteria ; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 325

  • Sesamia madagascariensis; [POOLE]
• Sesamia melianoides Rothshild, 1915 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Sesamia melianoides Rothshild, 1915; 53; TL: Dutch New Guinea, Snow Mountains, Base Camp

  • Sesamia melianoides; [POOLE]
• Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher, 1961 Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher, 1961; 213, f. 43, 254-256; TL: Kenya, Mt. Elgon

  • Sesamia mesosticha; [POOLE]
• Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963 Senegal. See [maps]

  • Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963; 67, f. 1, 3; TL: Senegal, Dakar

  • Sesamia monodi; [POOLE]
• Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914 Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914; 164; TL: British East Africa, Aberdare Mts.

  • Sesamia nigritarsis; [POOLE]
• Sesamia oriaula Tams & Bowden, 1953 Uganda. See [maps]

  • Sesamia oriaula Tams & Bowden, 1953; Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 677; TL: Uganda, Ruwenzori Range, Bwamba Pass, west side

  • Sesamia oriaula; [POOLE]
• Sesamia pallida (Butler, 1883) India (Madhya Pradesh). See [maps]

  • Microsemyra pallida Butler, 1883; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883 (2): 155; TL: [Madhya Pradesh], Mhow

  • Sesamia pallida; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 326, f. 143; [POOLE]
• Sesamia penniseti Tams & Bowden, 1953 Ghana. See [maps]

  • Sesamia penniseti Tams & Bowden, 1953; Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 669, f. 28-29; TL: 669, f. 28-29;Gold Coast, Ashanti, Owabi

  • Sesamia penniseti; [POOLE]
• Sesamia plagiographa Fletcher, 1961 Uganda. See [maps]

  • Sesamia plagiographa Fletcher, 1961; 213, f. 40, 261-263; TL: Uganda, Kalinzu Forest

  • Sesamia plagiographa; [POOLE]
• Sesamia poebora Tams & Bowden, 1953 Uganda. See [maps]

  • Sesamia poebora Tams & Bowden, 1953; Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 670, f. 30-32; TL: Uganda, Kawanda

  • Sesamia poebora; [POOLE]

  Larva on Pennisetum purpureum Tams & Bowden, 1953, [POOLE]

• Sesamia poephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953 Ghana. See [maps]

  • Sesamia poephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953; Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 668; TL: Gold Coast, Northern Territories, Ketekra-chi

  • Sesamia poephaga; [POOLE]
• Sesamia roseoflammatra Pinhey, 1956 Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sesamia roseoflammatra Pinhey, 1956; 80, pl. 1, f. 5; TL: Kenya, Kenyra Highlands, Kinagop

  • Sesamia roseoflammatra; [POOLE]
• Sesamia royi Laporte, 1973 Cameroon. See [maps]

  • Sesamia royi Laporte, 1973; 116, f. 6; TL: Cameroon, Dakoa, Sainaja Savannah

  • Sesamia royi; [POOLE]
• Sesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902 Lesotho. See [maps]

  • Sesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902; Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 2 (10): 442; TL: Basutoland, Maseru

  • Sesamia rubritincta; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 327, pl. 144, f. 20; [POOLE]
• Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910 South Africa. See [maps]

  • Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 329, pl. 144, f. 22; TL: Natal, Durban

  • Sesamia rufescens; [POOLE]
• Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910 Uganda. See [maps]

  • Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 328, f. 145; TL: Uganda, Mulema

  • Sesamia sabulosa; [POOLE]
• Sesamia sciagrapha Fletcher, 1961 Uganda. See [maps]

  • Sesamia sciagrapha Fletcher, 1961; 214, f. 31, 257-258; TL: Uganda, Kalinzu Forest

  • Sesamia sciagrapha; [POOLE]
• Sesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914 South Africa. See [maps]

  • Sesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914; 163; TL: Transvaal, Johannesburg

  • Sesamia steniptera; [POOLE]
• Sesamia stictica Berio, 1976 Zaire. See [maps]

  • Sesamia stictica Berio, 1976; 121, f. 42; TL: Congo, Elizabethville

  • Sesamia stictica; [POOLE]
• Sesamia sylvata Janse, 1939 South Africa. See [maps]

  • Sesamia sylvata Janse, 1939; 377, pl. 41, f. 15; TL: Woodbrush, Marieps Mountain

  • Sesamia sylvata; [POOLE]
• Sesamia taenioleuca (Wallengren, 1863) South Africa. See [maps]

  • Tapinostola taenioleuca Wallengren, 1863; Wiener ent. Monats. 7 (5): 148; TL: [South Africa] "Kuisip Africae"
  • Tapinostola taenioleuca Wallengren, 1865; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4): 58; TL: Kuisip

  • Sesamia taenioleuca; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 330, pl. 144, f. 23; [POOLE]
• Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872; Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 7 / 15: 50, pl. 4, f. 8; TL: Dutch Guinea

  • Sesamia tosta; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 331; [POOLE]
• Sesamia uniformis (Dudgeon, 1905) India (Gujarat). See [maps]

  • Nonagria uniformis Dudgeon, 1905; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 16 (3): 402; TL: [Gujarat] Surat, "Bengal, Burogah"

  • Sesamia uniformis; Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 332, pl. 144, f. 25; [POOLE]
• Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954; 166, pl. 8, f. 4-5, 7; TL: Madagascar

  • Sesamia viettei; [POOLE]

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