Chamanthedon leucopleura
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Chamanthedon leucopleura is a moth
of the Sesiidae
family. It is known from South Africa
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The head, thorax and abdomen are black-brown glossed with greenish blue, the back of head with some red-brown hairs and the neck and shoulders with some white scales. The base of the abdomen with some white scales at the sides and lateral white bars on the fourth and sixth segments. The forewings are black-brown glossed with greenish blue mixed with some red-brown especially on terminal the area and cilia. There is a black discoidal spot. The hindwing are black-brown, mixed with some red-brown on the apical area with again a black discoidal spot.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Sesiidae
Sesiidae
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are family of the Lepidoptera in which the wings partially have hardly any of the normal lepidopteran scales, leaving them transparent. The bodies are generally striped with yellow, red or white, sometimes very brightly, and they have simple antennae...
family. It is known from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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The head, thorax and abdomen are black-brown glossed with greenish blue, the back of head with some red-brown hairs and the neck and shoulders with some white scales. The base of the abdomen with some white scales at the sides and lateral white bars on the fourth and sixth segments. The forewings are black-brown glossed with greenish blue mixed with some red-brown especially on terminal the area and cilia. There is a black discoidal spot. The hindwing are black-brown, mixed with some red-brown on the apical area with again a black discoidal spot.