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Camaegeria sophax (Druce, 1899)

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Higher taxa: Sesiidae (family)/  Sesiinae (subfamily)/  Synanthedonini (tribe)/  Camaegeria (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Druce, 1899)
Citation:Aegeria sophax, sp. n.
Original genus:Aegeria
Publication:Druce H. 1899b. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. Fam. Aegeriidae.
Journal:Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:(7) 4
Issue:21
Pagination:203
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124227
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Camaegeria sophax (1)
Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Camaegeria by D. Bartsch & J. Berg (2012: 28).

Bartsch D. & Berg, J. 2012. New species and review of the Afrotropical clearwing moth genus Camaegeria Strand, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Synanthedonini).
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Camaegeria sophax (Druce, 1899) Holotype ♀ NHMUK Holotype ♀, NHMUK. Mozambique Mozambique, E Africa, Delagoa Bay [Baia de Maputo], leg. Monteiro.
Plant note:

Emerging from the trunk of Acacia rehmanniana Schinz (see E. C. G. Pinhey 1962a: 882).

Pinhey E. C. G. 1962a. New or little known Lepidoptera from central Africa.
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