On the systematics of the genus Synanthedon Hübner, 1819 sensu lato (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Part III. Conopia Hübner 1819

four Palaearctic species, which are externally well separated into two species groups, namely the C. stomoxiformisgroup with three species, namely C. stomoxiformis (Hbner, 1790), comb.n., C. amasina (Staudinger, 1856), stat.n.et comb.n., and C. levantina (de Freina et Lingenhle, 2000), comb.n.et stat.nov., and the C. spheciformis-group with C. spheciformis ([Denis et Schiffermller], 1775), comb.n.A morphological description and differential diagnosis are given.It is indicated that the food plants of the caterpillars of the genus include representatives of only two families: Betulaceae and Rhamnaceae.