Carmenta | |
---|---|
Carmenta verecunda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Tribe: | Synanthedonini |
Genus: | Carmenta Edwards, 1881 [1] |
Species | |
See text |
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera.
Sophona is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Trichocerota is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Osminia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Chamanthedon is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Melittia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Paranthrene is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Pseudosesia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Sura is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Synanthedon is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Tipulamima is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Euryphrissa is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
The Tinthiinae are a subfamily of clearwing moths, first established in 1917 by Ferdinand Le Cerf.