Camaegeria polytelis

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Camaegeria polytelis
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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 family Sesiidae first described by Daniel Bartsch and Jutta Berg in 2012. 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 were provided from the region of Moramanga and Andasibe. Most of them were caught in disturbed primary forests. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Camaegeria polytelis Bartsch & Berg, 2012". Afromoths. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3181.1.2. ISSN   1175-5326.