Camaegeria polytelis

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.

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

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]

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.


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