Chamanthedon aurantiibasis

Chamanthedon aurantiibasis
Chamanthedon aurantiibasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamanthedon
Species: C. aurantiibasis
Binomial name
Chamanthedon aurantiibasis
(Rothschild, 1911)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aegeria aurantiibasis Rothschild, 1911

Chamanthedon aurantiibasis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from eastern Peru.

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The legs and palpi are orange-yellow and the antennae are brown. The head is black and the thorax black-brown with two blue spots and brick-red sides. The abdomen is brick-red and the anal tuft wood-brown. The forewing basal third is brick-red and the median half is hyaline. The Hindwings are hyaline with reddish brown.

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