Camaegeria sylvestralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Camaegeria |
Species: | C. sylvestralis
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Binomial name | |
Camaegeria sylvestralis | |
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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]