Belongs within: Apoditrysia.
The Sesioidea are a group of mostly diurnal moths with prominent ocelli.
Synapomorphies (from Edwards et al. 1998): Ocular diaphragm most strongly pigmented anteriorly; patagia large, extending ventrad beyond anteroventral corners of pronotum; posterior tendons of metafurcal apophyses elongated caudad or dorsocaudad.
<==Sesioidea
|--Castniidae [Castnioidea] GE05
| |--Telchin GE05
| `--Synemon AY04
| |--S. directa P27
| `--S. hesperoides P27
`--Sesiidae GE05
|--Melittia GE05
|--Synanthedon scoliaeformis (Borkhausen 1789) JP05
|--Paranthrene tabaniformis (Rottemburg 1775) JP05
|--Pennisetia hylaeiformis (Laspeyres 1801) JP05
|--Bembecia ichneumoniformis (Denis & Schiffermüller 1775) JP05
|--Synansphecia muscaeformis (Esper 1783) JP05
`--Sesia E12
|--S. ceriaeformis Lucas 1849 E12
|--S. euglossaeformis Lucas 1849 E12
`--S. sirphiformis Lucas 1849 E12
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
[AY04] Austin, A. D., D. K. Yeates, G. Cassis, M. J. Fletcher, J. La Salle, J. F. Lawrence, P. B. McQuillan, L. A. Mound, D. J. Bickel, P. J. Gullan, D. F. Hales & G. S. Taylor. 2004. Insects 'Down Under' - diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders. Australian Journal of Entomology 43 (3): 216-234.
Edwards, E. D., P. Gentili, M. Horak, N. P. Kristensen & E. S. Nielsen. 1998. The cossoid/sesioid assemblage. In: Kristensen, N. P. (ed.) Handbuch der Zoologie vol. 4 pt 35. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies pp. 181-198. Walter de Gruyter: Berlin.
[E12] Evenhuis, N. L. 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61.
[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.
[JP05] Jungmann, E., & U. Poller. 2005. Neunachweise und Wiederfunde für die Schmetterlingsfauna (Insecta; Lepidoptera) des Altenburger Landes. Mauritiana 19 (2): 317-326.
[P27] Philpott, A. 1927. The maxillae in the Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 721-746.
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