Sesamia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1][2][3] Most but not all of its species are Afrotropical in distribution, with a preference for humid, open habitats.[4] Larvae are stemborers, and several species of Sesamia are known agricultural pests on cereals, such as Sesamia calamistis, the African pink stemborer, and Sesamia inferens, the Asiatic pink stemborer.[4]
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- Sesamia albicolor Janse, 1939
- Sesamia albivena Hampson, 1902
- Sesamia arfaki Bethune-baker, 1910
- Sesamia atlantica Boursin, 1944
- Sesamia bombiformis Wallengren, 1860
- Sesamia botanephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953
- Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
- Sesamia celebensis Roepke, 1938
- Sesamia confusa (Sugi, 1982)
- Sesamia coniota Hampson, 1902
- Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857
- Sesamia epunctifera Hampson, 1902
- Sesamia excelsa Laporte, 1976
- Sesamia fuscifrontia Hampson, 1914
- Sesamia geyri (Strand, 1915)
- Sesamia griselda Warren, 1913
- Sesamia grisescens Warren, 1911
- Sesamia hemiparacta Wileman & West, 1929
- Sesamia ilonae Hacker, 2002
- Sesamia incerta (Walker, 1856)
- Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856)
- Sesamia jansei Tams & Bowden, 1953
- Sesamia madagascariensis Saalmüller, 1891
- Sesamia melianoides Rothshild, 1915
- Sesamia mesosticha D. S. Fletcher, 1961
- Sesamia monodi Rungs, 1963
- Sesamia nigritarsis Hampson, 1914
- Sesamia nigropunctata (Wileman, 1912)
- Sesamia nonagrioides (Lefèbvre, 1827)
- Sesamia oriaula Tams & Bowden, 1953
- Sesamia pallida (Butler, 1883)
- Sesamia penniseti Tams & Bowden, 1953
- Sesamia plagiographa D. S. Fletcher, 1961
- Sesamia poebora Tams & Bowden, 1953
- Sesamia poephaga Tams & Bowden, 1953
- Sesamia pseudoturpis Kononenko & Ahn, 1998
- Sesamia punctilinea (Wileman, 1912)
- Sesamia punctivena (Wileman, 1814)
- Sesamia roseoflammatra Pinhey, 1956
- Sesamia royi Laporte, 1973
- Sesamia rubritincta Hampson, 1902
- Sesamia rufescens Hampson, 1910
- Sesamia rungsi Boursin, 1957
- Sesamia sabulosa Hampson, 1910
- Sesamia sciagrapha D. S. Fletcher, 1961
- Sesamia steniptera Hampson, 1914
- Sesamia stictica Berio, 1976
- Sesamia submarginalis (Hampson, 1891)
- Sesamia sylvata Janse, 1939
- Sesamia taenioleuca (Wallengren, 1863)
- Sesamia tosta Snellen, 1872
- Sesamia turpis (Butler, 1879)
- Sesamia uniformis (Dudgeon, 1905)
- Sesamia vanharteni Hacker & Fibiger, 2002
- Sesamia viettei Rungs, 1954
- Sesamia wiltshirei Rungs, 1963
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Sesamia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 26, 2020. Hévin, Noémie M. C.; Kergoat, Gael J.; Zilli, Alberto; Capdevielle-Dulac, Claire; Musyoka, Boaz K.; Sezonlin, Michel; Conlong, Desmond; Van Den Berg, Johnnie; Ndemah, Rose; Le Gall, Philippe; Cugala, Domingos; Nyamukondiwa, Casper; Pallangyo, Beatrice; Njaku, Mohamedi; Goftishu, Muluken; Assefa, Yoseph; Kandonda, Onésime Mubenga; Bani, Grégoire; Molo, Richard; Chipabika, Gilson; Ong’amo, George; Clamens, Anne-Laure; Barbut, Jérôme; Le Ru, Bruno (13 June 2024). "Revisiting the taxonomy and molecular systematics of Sesamia stemborers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameini: Sesamiina): updated classification and comparative evaluation of species delimitation methods". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 82: 447–501. doi:10.3897/asp.82.e113140. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
