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Issue: Vol. 5807 No. 1: 8 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5807.1.9
Page range: 184-188
Abstract views: 219
PDF downloaded: 63

A new wasp-mimicking clearwing moth from Uganda (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiini)

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart; Rosenstein 1; 70191 Stuttgart.
Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust. H-9945 Kercaszomor; Fő út 57. Hungary.; Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre—Hungarian Natural History Museum; Department of Zoology; H-1088 Budapest; Baross utca 13; Hungary.
Lepidoptera Cossoidea new species Afrotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

In this study a new genus of Sesiini, Pseudodelta gen. nov., and its type species Pseudodelta melas sp. nov., are described from the Ziika (Zika) Forest, Uganda. This highly mimetic species bears a striking resemblance to Delta emarginatum (Linnaeus, 1758), the black mud wasp widespread in Africa, which is probably its model.

 

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How to Cite

Bartsch, D. & Sáfián, S. (2026) A new wasp-mimicking clearwing moth from Uganda (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiini). Zootaxa, 5807 (1), 184–188. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5807.1.9