Camaegeria sylvestralis

Camaegeria sylvestralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Camaegeria
Species:	C. sylvestralis
Binomial name
	Camaegeria sylvestralis; (Viette, 1955)[1]
Synonyms
	Lepidopoda sylvestralis Viette, 1955 ;

Camaegeria sylvestralis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from eastern Madagascar.

This species has a wingspan of 36 millimetres (1.4 in) with a length of the forewings of 17 mm (0.67 in). Both pairs of wings are completely hyaline.[2] This species is close to Camaegeria xanthomos and Camaegeria polytelis from which it can be distinguished by the abdomen that is dorsally completely red.[3]

References

Afro Moths
Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.14
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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[1] Afro Moths

[2] Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.14

[3] 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