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Camaegeria lychnitis

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

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

This species has a wingspan of 15–17.5mm. The holotype and most paratypes provided from the region of Moramanga and Andasibe from an altitude range between 1000 and 1150m. Most of them were caught in disturbed primary forests.

This species can be distinguished from other species of this genus by its red anal tuft.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Afro Moths
  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