Camaegeria auripicta

Camaegeria auripicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Camaegeria
Species: C. auripicta
Binomial name
Camaegeria auripicta
Strand, 1914[1]

Camaegeria auripicta is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Cameroon.

This species has a wingspan of 19-25mm, it is black, with greenish and blue-violet shine. It is close to Camaegeria aristura (Meyrick, 1931), Camaegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932) and Camaegeria sophax (Druce, 1899)[2]

References

  1. afromoths
  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
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