Heterosphecia

Heterosphecia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae which is found from Borneo, Sumatra and South India. There are eight known species with few records, so consequently their conservation status is unknown.[2]

Heterosphecia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Tribe: Osminiini
Genus: Heterosphecia
Le Cerf, 1916[1]
Species

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Species
  • Heterosphecia bantanakai (Arita & Gorbunov, 2000)
  • Heterosphecia hyaloptera (Hampson, 1919)
  • Heterosphecia indica Kallies, 2003[3]
  • Heterosphecia melissoides (Hampson, [1893])
  • Heterosphecia robinsoni Kallies, 2003[3]
  • Heterosphecia soljanikovi (Gorbunov, 1988)
  • Heterosphecia tawonoides Kallies, 2003[3]

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Volponi, Marta A Skowron; Volponi, Paolo (2017). "A 130-Year-Old Specimen Brought Back to Life: A Lost Species of Bee-Mimicking Clearwing Moth, Heterosphecia tawonoides (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Osminiini), Rediscovered in Peninsular Malaysia's Primary Rainforest". Tropical Conservation Science. 10: 194008291773977. doi:10.1177/1940082917739774. ISSN 1940-0829.
  3. Kallies, A. (2003). "Three new species of Heterosphecia Le Cerf, 1916, from the Oriental Region (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae)". Entomologische Zeitschrift. 113 (2): 34–37.


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