Macrotarsipodes sexualis (Hampson, 1910)
FAMILY | Sesiidae |
SUBFAMILY | Sesiinae |
GENUS | Macrotarsipodes |
SPECIES | sexualis |
AUTHOR | (Hampson, 1910) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Macrotarsipus sexualis, sp. n. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Nigeria S, Lagos, 1908, leg. H. Strachan. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: 6°27'11" Longitude: 3°23'45" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Lectotype ♂, designated by D. Bartsch & Sz. Sáfián (2022: 122), BMNH; Paralectotypes 2♀, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Transferred to Macrotarsipodes by D. Bartsch & Sz. Sáfián (2022: 122). |
PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1910f. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6(32):145-160. |
PAGINATION |
152-153
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Species pictures


Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Malawi | Hampson G. F. 1919a. A classification of the Aegeriadae of the Oriental and Ethiopian regions. - Novitates Zoologicae 26(1):46-119. | 57 | |
Nigeria | Hampson G. F. 1910f. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6(32):145-160. | 153 |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Convolvulaceae | Ipomoea sp. | Nigeria | Hampson G. F. 1910f. Descriptions of new African moths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 6(32):145-160. | 153 |
Convolvulaceae | Ipomoea batatas | Meyrick E. 1928b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(13-15):385-480. | 465 |