''Sphecosoma'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

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. The genus was erected by

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in 1876.

Species

The genus includes the following species: * '' Sphecosoma abdominalis'' Schaus, 1905 * '' Sphecosoma abnormis'' Hampson, 1898 * '' Sphecosoma albipalpe'' Draudt, 1915 * '' Sphecosoma alica'' E. D. Jones, 1914 * '' Sphecosoma aurantiipes'' Rothschild, 1911 * '' Sphecosoma besasa'' Schaus, 1924 * '' Sphecosoma cognata'' Walker, 1856 * '' Sphecosoma curta'' Rothschild, 1931 * '' Sphecosoma deceptrix'' Hampson, 1898 * '' Sphecosoma ecuadora'' H. Druce, 1883 * '' Sphecosoma flaveolum'' Rothschild, 1931 * '' Sphecosoma gracilis'' Jörgensen, 1932 * '' Sphecosoma linda'' E. D. Jones, 1914 * '' Sphecosoma mathani'' Rothschild, 1911 * '' Sphecosoma matta'' E. D. Jones, 1914 * '' Sphecosoma meerkatzi'' Strand, 1915 * '' Sphecosoma melanota'' Hampson, 1898 * '' Sphecosoma melapera'' Dognin, 1909 * '' Sphecosoma melissa'' Schaus, 1896 * '' Sphecosoma melissina'' Kaye * '' Sphecosoma meridionale'' Schrottky, 1910 * '' Sphecosoma metamela'' Hampson, 1905 * '' Sphecosoma nigriceps'' Hampson, 1903 * '' Sphecosoma perconstrictum'' Zerny, 1912 * '' Sphecosoma plumbicincta'' Draudt, 1915 * '' Sphecosoma roseipuncta'' Schaus, 1920 * '' Sphecosoma rufipes'' Rothschild, 1911 * '' Sphecosoma semelina'' E. D. Jones, 1914 * '' Sphecosoma simile'' Schaus, 1894 * '' Sphecosoma sparta'' H. Druce, 1900 * '' Sphecosoma surrentum'' H. Druce, 1883 * '' Sphecosoma testacea'' Walker, 1854 * '' Sphecosoma trinitatis'' Rothschild, 1911 * '' Sphecosoma vicinum'' Schrottky, 1910

Former species

* '' Sphecosoma angustata'' Möschler, 1878 * '' Sphecosoma arctatum'' (Walker,

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References

* Euchromiina Moth genera {{Euchromiina-stub