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Chamanthedon leucocera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sesiidae

Scientific name
  
Chamanthedon leucocera

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chamanthedon

Rank
  
Species

Chamanthedon leucocera is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Kenya and Malawi.

The head and thorax are black brown glossed with bronze. The abdomen is orange with a dorsal series of black-brown patches forming dorsal bands on second and fourth segments. The forewings and hindwings are hyaline (glass like) with black-brown veins and margins. The underside of the forewing has a golden-yellow costal area towards the apex and the underside of the hindwing has an orange-yellow costal area to towards the apex, interrupted by a black-brown spot at the upper angle of the cell.

References

Chamanthedon leucocera Wikipedia