Biology:Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Camaegeria |
| Species: | C. xanthopimplaeformis
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| Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis (Viette, 1955)[1]
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Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from eastern Madagascar .
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
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.13
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2676422 entry
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