| Sophona | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Tribe: | Tinthiini |
| Genus: | Sophona Walker, 1856 [1] |
| Species | |
See text | |
| Sophona | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Tribe: | Tinthiini |
| Genus: | Sophona Walker, 1856 [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.
Carmenta is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Entrichella is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Sesia 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.
Scoliokona is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Albuna 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.
Paranthrenella is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Camaegeria is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae. The genus was erected by Embrik Strand in 1914.
Alcathoe is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Euryphrissa is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Bembecia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Pyropteron is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae, raised by the English entomogist, Edward Newman in1832.
Chamaesphecia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Camaegeria monogama is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Sierra Leone.
The Tinthiinae are a subfamily of clearwing moths, first established in 1917 by Ferdinand Le Cerf.