Oligophlebia Explained

Oligophlebia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae, the clearwing moths. They are native to the Palearctic realm.

As of 2014 there are eight species in the genus.^[1]

Species include:

• Oligophlebia amalleuta Meyrick, 1910
• Oligophlebia cristata Le Cerf, 1916b
• Oligophlebia episcopopa (Meyrick, 1926)
• Oligophlebia micra (Gorbunov, 1988)
• Oligophlebia minor Xu & Arita, 2014^[1]
• Oligophlebia nigralba Hampson, 1893
• Oligophlebia subapicalis Hampson, 1919
• Oligophlebia ulmi (Yang & Wang, 1989b)

Notes and References

1. Xu, H., et al. (2014). Description of Oligophlebia minor (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a new species of clearwing moth from China. Florida Entomologist 97(2) 707-09.