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.
Pseudosesia oberthuri, the golden clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the northern part of Australia.
Synanthedon culiciformis, known as the large red-belted clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.
Dolophrosynella balteata is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It is found in Queensland.
Oligophlebia igniflua is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is only known from the Brisbane district in Queensland, but the distribution of its known host-plant suggests that it will ultimately be found to occur in other rainforest areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Oligophlebia eusphyra is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is only known from Kuranda in Queensland near Cairns.
Tinthia xanthospila is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is only known from the type specimen, which was collected at Cedar Bay in Queensland, Australia.
Nokona coracodes is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is only known from Toowoomba, Queensland.
Pseudosesia isozona is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
Pseudosesia zoniota is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known only from the female holotype which was collected near the Claudie River on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
Melittia doddi is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known only from Queensland, where it was collected near Kuranda.
Melittia chalybescens is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known only from Queensland, where it was collected near Kuranda and Mackay.
Ichneumenoptera chrysophanes, the clearwing persimmon borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Cairns in Queensland to Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.
Ichneumenoptera commoni is a moth of the family Sesiidae which was described by W. Donald Duckworth and Thomas Drake Eichlin in 1974. It is known only from the male type which was collected near Toowoomba in Queensland, Australia.
Ichneumenoptera xanthogyna is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known only from locations near Kuranda in Queensland, Australia.
Synanthedon cupreifascia is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known only from locations near Mackay in Queensland.
Trilochana smaragdina is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It was known only from a single female from Papua, Indonesia, but has recently also been collected in Queensland, Australia.
Nokona is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Synanthedon andrenaeformis, the orange-tailed clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from most of Europe. It is also present in the Near East.
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