Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis explained

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

This species has a wingspan of with a length of the forewings of 12mm.The forewings are hyaline with steel-blue reflects and the costal and marginal region blackish and bronze.[1] It can be distinguished by its yellow body.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.13
  2. 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

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