Tipulamima Holland, 1893 Tipulamima Holland 1893: 183. Type species: Tipulamima flavifrons Holland, 1893, by monotypy. Uranothyris Meyrick, 1933: 417 syn. nov. Type species: Uranothyris pterotarsa Meyrick, 1933, by monotypy. Hampson 1919: 56, Dalla Torre & Strand 1925: 6, Gaede 1929: 518, Naumann 1971: 30, 31, Heppner & Duckworth 1981: 41, 44, Fletcher & Nye 1982: 163, 168, Pühringer & Kallies 2004: 33, 45. Remark. Heppner & Duckworth (1981) and Pühringer & Kallies (2004) placed Tipulamima in Synanthedonini. This seems supported by the structure of the antenna and the wing venation. Both of which are very similar to that of other typical Synanthedonini genera, apart from the very close course of the forewing veins R 1 –R 3 as well as CuA 1 and CuA 2. Unusual for Synanthedonini, however, are the inwards pointing, short, tooth-like protrusions of the forewing apical area, which are visible in males of T. haugi (Le Cerf, 1917), T. pterotarsa (Meyrick, 1933) and T. hesperia sp. nov. as well as in some species of Episannina Aurivillius, 1905. This feature is otherwise only known from different genera of Sesiini and is interpreted as a possible synapomorphy of this tribe (Kallies & Arita 2004). The structure of the genitalia of both sexes is also very different from that of other Synanthedonini, particularly the shape of tegumen and uncus in male and of the corpus bursae in female. The same applies to the analysis of barcode sequences of Tipulamima, which show differences of 11.55−23.78% from other genera of Synanthedonini and 10.13−22.80% to Sesiini (Pühringer in litt.). Despite the differences described, based on the matching specialized setae of the valva and uncus we consider Tipulamima as a dissenting member of the Synanthedonini. Redescription. Medium to relatively large clearwing moths with alar expanses 20–30 mm and distinct sexual dimorphism in species where both sexes are known. Coloration either black with strong bluish gloss, frequently with orange at patagia, labial palpus, ...