Tipulamima seyrigi

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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