''Camaegeria monogama'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family
Sesiidae. It is known from
Sierra Leone
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.
This species is black and the tip of the abdomen has red-orange scales. It is similar to ''
Camaegeria auripicta''
Strand, 1914, ''
Camaegeria aristura''
(Meyrick, 1931) and ''
Camaegeria sophax''
(Druce, 1899).
There is the possibility that this species is a junior synonym of ''
Camaegeria exochiformis''
(Walker, 1856). This species is also native to
Sierra Leone
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and its holotype is in very bad shape.
[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)]
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References
*Meyrick, E. 1932a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(7–11):193–352
Sesiidae
Moths described in 1932
Moths of Africa
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