- Chamanthedon xanthopasta
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Chamanthedon xanthopasta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sesiidae Genus: Chamanthedon Species: C. xanthopasta Binomial name Chamanthedon xanthopasta
Hampson, 1919[1]Chamanthedon xanthopasta is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The head and thorax are black, the neck with some yellow scales. The abdomen is black with a dorsal series of large elliptical pale yellow spots, confluent towards extremity. The legs are mostly white with some yellow and black. The ventral surface of abdomen has yellowish white segmental bands, obsolescent towards base. The forewings are hyaline with black veins and margins and slight whitish streaks on and below the costa. The hindwings are hyaline with white veins, but black beyond the cell.
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