Malgassesia seyrigi

Malgassesia seyrigi is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from northern Madagascar.

Malgassesia seyrigi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Malgassesia
Species:
M. seyrigi
Binomial name
Malgassesia seyrigi
Viette, 1955[1]
Synonyms
  • Malgasesia seyrigi

The wingspan of this species is 17 mm with a length of the forewings of 8 mm. The forewings are blackish, hindwings are hyaline (glass like). The holotype was collected by A. Seyrig at the Montagne d'Ambre.[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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