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Sesamia Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Sesamia Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 95, TS: Cossus nonagrioides Lefébvre
Microsemyra Butler, 1883
Conicophoria Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3: 118, TS: Conicophoria formosana Matsumura

= Nonagria ; [POOLE]

Sesamia (Amphipyrinae) ; [POOLE]; [MOB12, 127]
Sesamia (Ipimorphini) ; [FE]
Sesamia (Sesamiina) ; [NE8, 17, 182]

Sesamia atlantica Boursin, 1944

Morocco. See [About 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 [About 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 [About maps] Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857; Die Noctuinen Europa's, ... : 225, TL: [Greece, Crete]
Nonagria cyrnaea Mabille, 1866; , TL: France, Corsica

= Sesamia cyrnaea ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia fraterna Moore, 1882; 103, TL: Himachal Pradesh, Dharmsala

= Sesamia cyrnaea ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia cretica var. striata Staudinger, 1888; 27, TL: Uzbekistan, Margelan

= 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 ; [POOLE]

Sesamia geyri (Strand, 1915)

Egypt. See [About maps] Nonagria? geyri Strand, 1915; 98, TL: Egypt, Bahr el Abiad, Meschra Zeraf
Sesamia geyri ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856)

Indo-Australian tropics - Solomons, Taiwan, Japan, Ceylon. See [About 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"

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia tranquilaris Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880 : 674

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Nonagria gracilis Butler, 1880; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880 : 675, TL: Formosa

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia albicillata Snellen, 1880; Tijdschr. Ent. 23 : 44

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Nonagria innocens Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (2): 173, TL: Yokohama

= ; [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 tranquillaris ; (missp.?)
Sesamia hirayamae ; [POOLE]
Sesamia creticoides ; [POOLE]
Sesamia kosempoana ; [POOLE]
Sesamia sokutsuana ; [POOLE]
Sesamia inferens ; [POOLE]; [MOB12: 130, pl. 5, f. 185-186, 191]

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

Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)

Spain, S.France, Italy, Balkans, Greece, NW.Africa, W.Africa - Congo - SW.Africa. See [About maps] Cossus nonagrioides Lefèbvre, 1827; Mém. Soc. Linn. de Paris, 1827: 98, pl. 5, f. 3, TL: Sicily, Palermo
Nonagria hesperica Rambur, 1837; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (1): pl. 18, TL: Andalousie

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 184]

Nonagria sacchari Wollaston, 1858; 117, TL: Madeira

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 184]

Tapinostola gracilis Rebel, 1899; 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, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Sesamia nogagrioides ; [POOLE]

Sesamia pseudoturpis Kononenko & Ahn, 1998

Korea. See [About maps] Sesamia pseudoturpis ; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia rungsi Boursin, 1957

Afghanistan. See [About maps] Sesamia rungsi Boursin, 1957; 250, TL: Afghanistan, Nuristan, Kunartal, Asmar
Sesamia rungsi ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia turpis (Butler, 1879)

Japan, Korea, .... See [About maps] Nonagria turpis Butler, 1879; , TL: Japan, Yokohama
Sideritis sinuosella Bryk, 1948; 84, TL: Korea, Motojondo

= ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Nonagria turpis ; [POOLE]
Sesamia turpis ; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963

Egypt. See [About maps] Sesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963; 70, f. 2, 4, TL: Egypt, Ismailia
Sesamia wiltshirei ; [POOLE]; [NE8, 183]

Sesamia albicolor Janse, 1939

Transvaal, .... See [About maps] Sesamia albicolor Janse, 1939; 376, pl. 41, f. 17, TL: Transvaal, Pretoria
Sesamia albicolor ; [POOLE]

Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902

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

Sesamia arfaki Bethune-baker, 1910

New Guinea. See [About maps] Sesamia arfaki Bethune-baker, 1910; 444, TL: Arfak Mtns
Sesamia arfaki ; [POOLE]

Sesamia bombiformis Wallengren, 1860

Uruguay, .... See [About maps] Sesamia bombiformis Wallengren, 1860; 170, TL: Montevideo
Sesamia bombiformis ; [POOLE]

Sesamia botanephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953

S.Nigeria, .... See [About 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 [About maps] Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910; 325, pl. 144, f. 18, TL: Cape Colony
Sesamia mediastriga Bethune-Baker, 1911; 518, TL: Angola, N'Dalla

= ; [POOLE]

Sesamia calamistis ; [POOLE]

Sesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938

Celebes. See [About maps] Sesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938; 11, f. 4, TL: N. Celebes
Sesamia celebensis ; [POOLE]

Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902

Zimbabwe, .... See [About maps] Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902; 297, TL: Mashonaland, Salisbury
Sesamia coniota ; [POOLE]

Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902

South Africa - Kenya. See [About maps] Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902; 298, TL: British East Africa, Athi-ya-Mawe; Cape Colony, Annshaw
Sesamia epunctifera ; [POOLE]

Sesamia excelsa Laporte, 1976

Ethiopia. See [About maps] Sesamia excelsa Laporte, 1976; 134, f. 9, TL: Ethiopia, Mont Batu region
Sesamia excelsa ; [POOLE]

Sesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914

Kenya. See [About maps] Sesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914; 163, TL: British East Africa, N. Kavirondo, Maramas dist., Ilala
Sesamia fuscifrontia ; [POOLE]

Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913

Ceylon. See [About maps] Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913; 190, pl. 21, row b, TL: Ceylon, Kandy
Sesamia griselda ; [POOLE]

Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1911

New Guinea. See [About 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 [About maps] Sesamia hemiparacta Wileman & West, 1929; 11, TL: Philippines, Luzon, Benguet, Baguio
Sesamia hemiparacta ; [POOLE]

Sesamia incerta (Walker, 1856)

South Africa. See [About maps] Leucania incerta Walker, 1856; 103, TL: South Africa
Sesamia incerta ; [POOLE]

Sesamia jansei Tams & Bowden, 1953

South Africa. See [About 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 [About maps] Sesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891; 262, TL: Madagascar, Nossi Be.
Sesamia madagascariensis ; [POOLE]

Sesamia melianoides Rothshild, 1915

New Guinea. See [About maps] Sesamia melianoides Rothshild, 1915; 53, TL: Dutch New Guinea, Snow Mountains, Base Camp
Sesamia melianoides ; [POOLE]

Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher, 1961

Kenya. See [About maps] Sesamia mesosticha Fletcher, 1961; 213, f. 43, 254-256, TL: Kenya, Mt. Elgon
Sesamia mesosticha ; [POOLE]

Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963

Senegal. See [About maps] Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963; 67, f. 1, 3, TL: Senegal, Dakar
Sesamia monodi ; [POOLE]

Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914

Kenya. See [About maps] Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914; 164, TL: British East Africa, Aberdare Mts.
Sesamia nigritarsis ; [POOLE]

Sesamia oriaula Tams & Bowden, 1953

Uganda. See [About 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 [About maps] Microsemyra pallida Butler, 1883; [Madhya Pradesh], Mhow
Sesamia pallida ; [POOLE]

Sesamia penniseti Tams & Bowden, 1953

Ghana. See [About 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 [About maps] Sesamia plagiographa Fletcher, 1961; 213, f. 40, 261-263, TL: Uganda, Kalinzu Forest
Sesamia plagiographa ; [POOLE]

Sesamia poebora Tams & Bowden, 1953

Uganda. See [About 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 [About 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 [About maps] Sesamia roseoflammatra Pinhey, 1956; 80, pl. 1, f. 5, TL: Kenya, Kenyra Highlands, Kinagop
Sesamia roseoflammatra ; [POOLE]

Sesamia royi Laporte, 1973

Cameroon. See [About maps] Sesamia royi Laporte, 1973; 116, f. 6, TL: Cameroon, Dakoa, Sainaja Savannah
Sesamia royi ; [POOLE]

Sesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902

Lesotho. See [About maps] Sesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902; 442, TL: Basutoland, Maseru
Sesamia rubritincta ; [POOLE]

Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910

South Africa. See [About maps] Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910; 329, pl. 144, f. 22, TL: Natal, Durban
Sesamia rufescens ; [POOLE]

Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910

Uganda. See [About maps] Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910; 328, f. 145, TL: Uganda, Mulema
Sesamia sabulosa ; [POOLE]

Sesamia sciagrapha Fletcher, 1961

Uganda. See [About maps] Sesamia sciagrapha Fletcher, 1961; 214, f. 31, 257-258, TL: Uganda, Kalinzu Forest
Sesamia sciagrapha ; [POOLE]

Sesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914

South Africa. See [About maps] Sesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914; 163, TL: Transvaal, Johannesburg
Sesamia steniptera ; [POOLE]

Sesamia stictica Berio, 1976

Zaire. See [About maps] Sesamia stictica Berio, 1976; 121, f. 42, TL: Congo, Elizabethville
Sesamia stictica ; [POOLE]

Sesamia sylvata Janse, 1939

South Africa. See [About maps] Sesamia sylvata Janse, 1939; 377, pl. 41, f. 15, TL: Woodbrush, Marieps Mountain
Sesamia sylvata ; [POOLE]

Sesamia taenioleuca (Wallengren, 1863)

South Africa. See [About maps] Tapinostola taenioleuca Wallengren, 1863; 148, TL: [South Africa] "Kuisip Africae"
Sesamia taenioleuca ; [POOLE]

Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872

New Guinea. See [About maps] Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872; 50, pl. 4, f. 8, TL: Dutch Guinea
Sesamia tosta ; [POOLE]

Sesamia uniformis (Dudgeon, 1905)

India (Gujarat). See [About maps] Nonagria uniformis Dudgeon, 1905; 402, TL: [Gujarat] Surat, "Bengal, Burogah"
Sesamia uniformis ; [POOLE]

Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954

Madagascar. See [About maps] Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954; 166, pl. 8, f. 4-5, 7, TL: Madagascar
Sesamia viettei ; [POOLE]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[FE]

Fauna Europaea; Fauna Europaea

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MOB12]

Holloway, J. D., 1989; The Moths of Bornee, Part 12; Family Noctuidae, trifine subfamilies: Noctuinae, Heliothina, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae

[NE8]

Zilli, A., Ronkay, L. & Fibiger, M., 2005; Apameini - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 8, 323pp

[POOLE]

Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)

Some related literature:

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Cinquiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 1 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 1-407, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)

Butler, 1880

For a second collection of Lepidoptera made in Formosa by H.E. Hobson, Esq. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1880 : 666-691

Butler, 1881

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1881 (1): 1-23, (2): 171-200, (3): 401-426, (4): 579-600

Lefèbvre, 1827

Description de divers insectes inédits recuellis in Sicilie Mém. Soc. Linn. de Paris, 1827: 94-108

Rambur, 1837

Faune entomologique de l'Andalusie. 1837-1840 (Vol. 2) Faune ent. Andal. 2 (1): pl. 14-15, 18 (1837), 2 (2): 1-16, pl. 1-4 (1838), 2 (3): 17-96, pl. 6-7, 9, 11 (1838), 2 (4): 97-176, pl. 5, 8, 10, 12, 17 (1839), 2 (5): 177-336 (1840)

Snellen, 1880

Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 23 : 41-138, pl. 4-8

Tams & Bowden, 1953

A revision of the Africa species of Sesamia Guenee and related genera (Agrotidae-Lepidoptera) Bull. Ent. Res. 43: 645-678, 6pls

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 1-252 (1856), 10: 253-492 ([1857]), 11: 493-764 (1857), 12: 765-982 ([1858]), 13: 983-1236 ([1858]), 14: 1237-1520 (1858), 15: 1521-1888 (1858)

Warren, 1911

Descriptions of some new Noctuidae in the Tring Museum Novit. zool. 18 : 140-148

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