Camaegeria xanthomos

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

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

This species has a wingspan of 22 millimetres (0.87 in) and it is close to Camaegeria polytelis and Camaegeria sylvestralis. The holotype provided from the region of Moramanga and Andasibe in Madagascar and was caught in disturbed primary forests.[2]

References

  1. "Camaegeria xanthomos 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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