Pennisetia | |
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Pennisetia hylaeiformis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Subfamily: | Tinthiinae |
Genus: | Pennisetia Dehne, 1850 [1] |
Species | |
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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.
Pennisetia hylaeiformis, the raspberry clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae.
Entrichella is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Trichocerota is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Paradoxecia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Similipepsis is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Gasterostena is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Cyanosesia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Toleria is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Aschistophleps is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Melittia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Macroscelesia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Nokona is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Synanthedon is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Ravitria is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Ichneumenoptera is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Bembecia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Ichneumonella 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.