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Osminia Le Cerf, 1917
Osminia Le Cerf, 1917; in Oberthür, Etud. Lépid. Comp. 14 : 327, TS: Osminia ferruginea Le Cerf
Signaphora Engelhardt, 1946
= ; [NACL, 29]
Osminia (Osminiini) ; [NACL, 29]
Osminia ; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 49]

Osminia fenusaeformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
Crete, Asia Minor - Iran - Levant. See [About maps] Sesia fenusaeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1852; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Eur. 6: 48, TL: Crete
Sesia leucopsiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846; (nec Esper, 1800)
Sesia foenusaeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846; (nom. nud.)
Sesia fenusiformis Staudinger, 1856
Sesia fenusaeformis ; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 49]

Larva on Rumex spp.? [BSW4]


Osminia ruficornis (Edwards, 1881)
NA.Georgia, .... See [About maps] Carmenta ruficornis Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1 (10) : 184, TL: Georgia
Carmenta minuta Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1 (10) : 185, TL: Georgia
= ; [NACL, #2545]
candescens (H. Edwards, 1882)
= ; [NACL, #2545]
marcia (Druce, 1889)
= ; [NACL, #2545]
Osminia ruficornis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Osminia ruficornis ; [NACL, #2545]

Osminia ferruginea Le Cerf, 1917
Mexico. See [About maps] Osminia ferruginea Le Cerf, 1917; in Oberthür, Etud. Lépid. Comp. 14 : 328, pl. 479, f. 3956, TL: Mexico, Cordoba dist.


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References:
[About maps]
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[BSW4]
de Freina, J. J., 1997; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; Band 4; Sesioidea: Sesiidae; ISBN 3-926285-03-6
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico


Some related literature:
Le Cerf, 1917
Contribution à l'Etude des Aegeriidae in Oberthür, Etud. Lépid. Comp. 14 : 137-388, pl. 475-481
Edwards, 1881
New genera and sepcies of the family Aegeridae Papilio 1 (10) : 179-208


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