Camaegeria auripicta

Camaegeria auripicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Camaegeria
Species:
C. auripicta
Binomial name
Camaegeria auripicta
Strand, 1914[1]

Camaegeria auripicta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Cameroon.

This species has a wingspan of 19–25 mm, it is black, with greenish and blue-violet shine. It is close to Camaegeria aristura (Meyrick, 1931), Camaegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932) and Camaegeria sophax (Druce, 1899)[2]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Camaegeria auripicta.
  1. ^ afromoths
  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
  • Strand, E. 1914a. Neue Lepidoptera aus Kamerun. Gesammelt von Herrn Leutnant v. Rothkirch und Panthen. – Archiv für Naturgeschichte 18(A)(1):41–49.


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