Camaegeria polytelis

Camaegeria polytelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Camaegeria
Species: C. polytelis
Binomial name
Camaegeria polytelis
Bartsch & Berg, 2012[1]

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

This species has a wingspan of 19–24 millimetres (0.75–0.94 in) and it is close to Camaegeria xanthomos and Camaegeria sylvestralis. The holotype and most paratypes provided from the region of Moramanga and Andasibe. Most of them were caught in disturbed primary forests.[2]

References

  1. "Camaegeria polytelis Bartsch & Berg, 2012". Afro Moths. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. Bartsch D. & Berg J. (2012). "New Species and review of the Afrotropical clearwing moths genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Lep.:Sesiidae: Synanthedonini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 3181: 28–46. ISSN 1175-5326.


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