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Published: 2018-03-11
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A new genus and species of myrmecophile clearwing moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from East Africa

Dept of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD UK.
University of Melbourne, Department of Zoology, Parkville, 3010 Victoria, Australia.
Lepidoptera Acacia Afrotropical Osmanthedon Synanthedonini new taxa Kenya Tanzania

Abstract

A new genus, Osmanthedon Kallies gen. nov., in the tribe Synanthedonini and a new species, Osmanthedon domaticola Agassiz & Kallies spec. nov., are described. This is the first record of a sesiid species associated with ant galls (domatia) found on whistling thorn Acacia, Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Sjöstedt) P.J.H.Hurter (Fabaceae), in East Africa.

 

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