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Sesia Fabricius, 1775

Sesia Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 547, TS: [Sphinx] apiformis Clerck
Trochilium Scopoli, 1777
Aegeria Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 288
Setia Oken, 1815; (suppr. (ICZN OP. 417))
Sphecia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (8): 127
Setia Meigen, 1829; (emend.)
Trochilia Speyer & Speyer, 1858; (emend., preocc. Dujardin, 1840)
Sphecodoptera Hampson, 1893
Eusphecia Le Cerf, 1937
Sometia ; Meigen, 1829, (missp.)
Trochilum ; Walker, 1854, (missp.)
Sphecia ; Godman & Salvin, 1883, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 29
Aegeria ; Godman & Salvin, 1883, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 29
Sesia (Sesiini) ; [NACL, 28]
Sesia ; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 38]

Sesia apiformis (Clerck, 1759)

EU, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Caspian Region - Altai, E.USA, E.Canada. See [About maps] Haavan lasisiipi Poplar Hornet Clearwing Hornet Moth Sésie apiforme Papillon frelon Sésie du peuplier Sesia abejilla Allmän poppelglasvinge Poppelglassværmer Großer pappelhain-Glasflügler Hornissenschwärmer Bienenschwärmer
Sphinx apiformis Clerck, 1759; Icon. Ins. rariorum : pl. 9, f. 2, TL: S.England
Sphinx apiformis Linnaeus, 1761
Sphinx vespiformis Hufnagel, 1766; (nec Linnaeus, 1761)
Sphinx crabroniformis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Sphinx sireciformis Esper, 1782; Die. Schmett., Th. II (6): 208, pl. 29, f. 4-5
Sphinx tenebrioniformis Esper, 1782; Die. Schmett., Th. II (6): 209, pl. 30, f. 1
Sphinx vespa Retzius, 1783
Trochilum[sic!] apiformis ab. brunnea Caflisch, 1892
Trochilium apiformis ab. caflischii Standfuss, 1892
Trochilium apiformis ab. brunneipes Turati, 1913
Aegeria apiformis ab. rhodani Mouterde, 1954
Sesia apiformis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Sesia apiformis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Sesia apiformis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Sesia apiformis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Sesia apiformis, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Sesia apiformis, Sesiidae of Belgium [Bart Vanholder]
Sesia apiformis ; [NACL, #2542]; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 39]

800x1237 (~140Kb) FINLAND: EH: Koski HL 677:39, ex.p 1984 S. Silvonen, Photo 24.6.1984 © Kimmo Silvonen

800x867 (~74Kb) FINLAND: EH: Koski HL 677:39, ex.l 1985 S. Silvonen, Photo 16.6.1985 © Kimmo Silvonen

600x372 (~29Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 21.7.1971, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Populus, P. tremula, P. balsamifera, P. nigra, Populus pyramidalis, P. simoni, P. italica, P. monilifera, P. deltoides, less Salix caprea [BSW4]

Sesia bembeciformis (Hübner, [1806])

EU. See [About maps] Raidan lasisiipi Lunar Hornet Moth Lunar Hornet Clearwing Balgetinglik glasvinge Großer Weidenglasflügler Hornissenglasflügler
Sphinx bembeciformis Hübner, [1806]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [2] : 92, : pl. 20, f. 98, TL: Belgium, Brussels
Sphinx crabroniformis Lewin, 1797 (nec Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Sphecia dasypodiformis Walker, 1856
Aegeria montelli Löfquist, 1922
Aegeria crabroniformis var. incognita Strand, [1927]
Sphecia crabroniformis var. orophila Zukowsky, 1929
Sphecia crabroniformis f. fumosa Lempke, 1961
Sesia bembeciformis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Sesia bembeciformis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Sesia bembeciformis, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Sesia bembeciformis, Sesiidae of Belgium [Bart Vanholder]
Sesis bembeciformis ; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 42]

Larva on Salix, S. caprea, S. cinerea [BSW4]

Sesia pimplaeformis Oberthür, 1872

Balkans, Greece, Macedonia, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaspia, Iraq. See [About maps] Schlupfwespen-Glasflügler
Sesia pimplaeformis Oberthür, 1872; : 486, TL: E. Turkey, Van
Trochilium maculiferum Staudinger, 1895
Sesia pimplaeformis ; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 44]

Larva on Populus euphratica, P. nigra, Salix [BSW4]

Sesia melanocephala Dalman, 1816

EU. See [About maps] Mustapää-lasisiipi Schwarzköpfiger Espenaltholz-Glaflügler Schwarzkopf-Sesie Zitterpappelschwärmer Liten poppelglasvinge
Sesia melanocephala Dalman, 1816; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 37 (2): 217, TL: S.Sweden
Sphinx laphriaeformis Hübner, [1825]
Sesia melanocephala, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Sesia melanocephala, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Sesia melanocephala ; de Freina, 1997, [BSW4, 47]

Larva on Populus tremula [BSW4]

Sesia tibialis (Harris, 1839)

Washington - California, ...?. See [About maps] flavitibia (Walker, 1856)

= ; [NACL, #2543]

Trochilium pacificum Edwards, 1881; Papilio 1 (10) : 180, TL: Washington Ter.; California

= ; [NACL, #2543]

californicum (Neumoegen, 1891)

= ; [NACL, #2543]

minimum (Neumoegen, 1891)

= ; [NACL, #2543]

dyari (Cockerell, 1908); (var.)

= ; [NACL, #2543]

anonyma (Strand, 1925); (var.)

= ; [NACL, #2543]

melanoformis (Engelhardt, 1946); (var.)

= ; [NACL, #2543]

Sesia tibialis, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Sesia tibialis ; [NACL, #2543]; Eichlin & Taft, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (3): f. 2, 4-5

Sesia spartani Eichlin & Taft, 1988

Michigan. See [About maps] Sesia spartani Eichlin & Taft, 1988; J. Lep. Soc. 42 (3): 232, f. 1, 3, 6, TL: Shiawassee Co., Michigan
Sesia spartani, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]

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References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[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.

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BSW4]

de Freina, J. J., 1997; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; Band 4; Sesioidea: Sesiidae; ISBN 3-926285-03-6

[Bart Vanholder]

e-mail: Bart Vanholder; Belgian Sesiidae (Clearwings); Belgian Migrant Lepidoptera

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

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

[MPG]

North American Moth Photographers Group

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

Some related literature:

Clerck, 1759

Icones Insectorum Rariorum cum Nominibus eorum Trivialibus, Locisque e C. Linnaei ... Systema Naturae allegatis. Holmiae Icon. Ins. rariorum : pl. 1-12 (1759), : pl. 13-55 (1764)

Dalman, 1816

Försök till systematiks Uppställing af Sveriges Fjärilar K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 37 : 48-101, (2): 119-225

Eichlin & Taft, 1988

A new Sesia clearwing moth from Michigan J. Lep. Soc. 42 (3): 231-235

Edwards, 1881

New genera and sepcies of the family Aegeridae Papilio 1 (10) : 179-208

Esper, 1782

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil II. Die Abendschmetterlinge Die. Schmett., Th. II (10): pl. 1-6 (1778), (11): 1-48, pl. 7-12 (1779), (12): 49-80, pl. 13-18 (1779), (13): 81-104, pl. 19-24 (1780), (14): 105-196, pl. [25] (1780), (6): 197-212, pl. 26-31 (1782), (7): 213-228, pl. 32-35 (1783), (28): 229-234, pl. 36 (1786)

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

Fabricius, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

Godman & Salvin, 1883

Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101

Hübner, [1806]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. II. Sphinges - Schwärmer ("Zweyte Band" - part) Samml. eur. Schmett. [2] : 75-100, : [1-10], 11-32 (1796), : (cancelled) pl. 1, f. 1-5 (1796), : pl. 1. f. 1-5 (1803-1806), : pl. 2-16, f. 6-78 (1796), : pl. 17, f. 79-84 (1796-1799), : pl. 18-20, f. 85-101 (1803-1806), : pl. 21-22, f. 102-109 (1803-1806), : pl. 23, f. 110-112 (1807-1808), : pl. 24-29, f. 113-136 (1808- 1813), : pl. 30, f. 137-140 (1814-1817), : pl. 31, f. 141-143 (1818-1819), : pl. 32-34, f. 144-155 (1819-1822), : pl. 35, f. 156-160 (1824-1825), : pl. 36, f. 161-164 (1827-1828), : pl. 37, f. 165-168 (1834-1836), : pl. 38, f. 169-173 (1836-1838)

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

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Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.