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Tipulamima seyrigi

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Tipulamima seyrigi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Tipulamima
Species:
T. seyrigi
Binomial name
Tipulamima seyrigi
Viette, [1955][1]

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

The wingspan of this species is 33 mm with a length of the forewings of 15-15.5 mm. The forewings are hyaline (glass like) in the cell and yellowish grey at the costa. This species was named after A.Seyrig who collected the holotype in Bekily, southern Madagascar[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. Fig.12
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