Camaegeria monogama

Camaegeria monogama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Camaegeria
Species: C. monogama
Binomial name
Camaegeria monogama
(Meyrick, 1932)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aegeria monogama Meyrick, 1932
  • Macrotarsipus lioscelis Meyrick, 1935

Camaegeria monogama is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Sierra Leone.

This species is black and the tip of the abdomen has red-orange scales. It is similar to Camaegeria auripicta Strand, 1914, Camaegeria aristura (Meyrick, 1931) and Camaegeria sophax (Druce, 1899).

There is the possibility that this species is a junior synonym of Camaegeria exochiformis (Walker, 1856). This species is also native to Sierra Leone and its holotype is in very bad shape.[2]

References

  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
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