| Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Camaegeria |
| Species: | C. xanthopimplaeformis |
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| Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis (Viette, 1955) | |
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Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from eastern Madagascar.
This species has a wingspan of 26 millimetres (1.0 in) with a length of the forewings of 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are hyaline with steel-blue reflects and the costal and marginal region blackish and bronze. It can be distinguished by its yellow body.
The holotype was collected by A.Seyrig North of Anivorano at the railroad Antananarivo-Toamasina.
References
- Afro Moths
- Viette, 1955. Nouveaux Tineoidea (s.l.) de Madagascar. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 123(1954):75–114. Fig.13
- 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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| Camaegeria xanthopimplaeformis |
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