Camaegeria sylvestralis

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

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

This species has a wingspan of 36 millimetres (1.4 in) with a length of the forewings of 17 mm (0.67 in). Both pairs of wings are completely hyaline.[2] This species is close to Camaegeria xanthomos and Camaegeria polytelis from which it can be distinguished by the abdomen that is dorsally completely red.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.14
  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