Biology:Chamanthedon leucocera

Short description: Species of moth

Chamanthedon leucocera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamanthedon
Species:	C. leucocera
Binomial name
Chamanthedon leucocera Hampson, 1919

Chamanthedon leucocera is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Kenya and Malawi.

The head and thorax are black brown glossed with bronze. The abdomen is orange with a dorsal series of black-brown patches forming dorsal bands on second and fourth segments. The forewings and hindwings are hyaline (glass like) with black-brown veins and margins. The underside of the forewing has a golden-yellow costal area towards the apex and the underside of the hindwing has an orange-yellow costal area to towards the apex, interrupted by a black-brown spot at the upper angle of the cell.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2627055 entry