Chamanthedon leucocera

Chamanthedon leucocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamanthedon
Species: C. leucocera
Binomial name
Chamanthedon leucocera
Hampson, 1919[1]

Chamanthedon leucocera is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Kenya and Malawi.

The head and thorax are black-brown glossed with bronze. The abdomen is orange with a dorsal series of black-brown patches forming dorsal bands on second and fourth segments. The forewings and hindwings are hyaline with black-brown veins and margins. The underside of the forewing has a golden yellow costal area towards the apex and the underside of the hindwing has an orange-yellow costal area to towards apex, interrupted by a black-brown spot at upper angle of the cell.

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