Camaegeria aristura

Camaegeria aristura is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Uganda.

Camaegeria aristura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Camaegeria
Species:
C. aristura
Binomial name
Camaegeria aristura
(Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tipulomima aristura Meyrick, 1931
  • Tipulamima aristura Meyrick, 1931
  • Aegeria leptomorpha Meyrick, 1931
  • Aegeria hadassa Meyrick, 1932

This species is black and the tip of the abdomen has red-orange scales. It is similar to Camaegeria auripicta Strand, 1914, Camaegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932) and Camaegeria sophax (Druce, 1899)[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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