Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis

Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from eastern Madagascar.

Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Camaegeria
Species:
C. xanthopimplaeformis
Binomial name
Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis
(Viette, 1955)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lepidopoda xanthopimplaeformis Viette, 1955

This species has a wingspan of 26 millimetres (1.0 in) with a length of the forewings of 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are hyaline with steel-blue reflects and the costal and marginal region blackish and bronze.[2] It can be distinguished by its yellow body.[3]

The holotype was collected by A.Seyrig North of Anivorano at the railroad Antananarivo-Toamasina.

References

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  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.13
  3. ^ Bartsch D. & Berg J., 2012. New Species and review of the Afrotropical clearwing moths genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Lep.:Sesiidae: Synanthedonini). - Zootaxa 3181: 28-46 (2012), preview