Tipulamima ivondro

Tipulamima ivondro
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Tipulamima
Species:
T. ivondro
Binomial name
Tipulamima ivondro
Viette, [1955][1]

Tipulamima ivondro is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Madagascar.

This species has a wingspan of 31 mm, with a length of the forewings of 14 mm. The forewings are almost completely hyaline (glass like), with the cell a little yellowish. The edge and a narrow transversal line of the forewings are blackish. The hindewings are hyaline with a little yellowish touch in the cell.

The holotype was collected by A.Seyrig north of Fort-Dauphin, in south-eastern Madagascar.[2]

References

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


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