Chamanthedon
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Chamanthedon is a genus of moth
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...

s in 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.

Species

  • Chamanthedon albicincta Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon aurigera (Bryk, 1947)
  • Chamanthedon bicincta Arita & Gorbunov, 2000
  • Chamanthedon chrysostetha (Diakonoff, [1968])
  • Chamanthedon flavipes (Hampson, 1893)
  • Chamanthedon hypochroma Le Cerf, 1916
  • Chamanthedon melanoptera Le Cerf, 1927
  • Chamanthedon quinquecincta (Hampson, [1893a])
  • Chamanthedon suisharyonis (Strand, [1917])
  • Chamanthedon xanthopleura Le Cerf, 1916
  • Chamanthedon aurantiibasis
    Chamanthedon aurantiibasis
    Chamanthedon aurantiibasis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from eastern Peru.The length of the forewings is about 7 mm. The legs and palpi are orange-yellow and the antennae are brown. The head is black and the thorax black-brown with two blue spots and brick-red sides. The abdomen is...

    (Rothschild, 1911)
  • Chamanthedon gaudens
    Chamanthedon gaudens
    Chamanthedon gaudens is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from eastern Peru....

    (Rothschild, 1911)
  • Chamanthedon amorpha
    Chamanthedon amorpha
    Chamanthedon amorpha is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Mozambique.The head, thorax and abdomen are black-brown with a slight bluish gloss, the abdomen with a slight white ring on fourth segment. The forewings are hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown with a slight bluish...

    Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon brillians
    Chamanthedon brillians
    Chamanthedon brillians is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Sierra Leone....

    (Beutenmüller, 1899)
  • Chamanthedon chalypsa
    Chamanthedon chalypsa
    Chamanthedon chalypsa is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa.The head, thorax and abdomen are black-brown glossed with blue-green, the back of head with some fulvous orange hair, the abdomen with slight lateral tufts of fulvous orange scales on each segment. The forewings...

    Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon chrysopasta
    Chamanthedon chrysopasta
    Chamanthedon chrysopasta is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Zambia....

    Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon elymais
    Chamanthedon elymais
    Chamanthedon elymais is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Mozambique and South Africa....

    (Druce, 1899)
  • Chamanthedon fulvipes
    Chamanthedon fulvipes
    Chamanthedon fulvipes is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo....

    (Hampson, 1910)
  • Chamanthedon hilariformis
    Chamanthedon hilariformis
    Chamanthedon hilariformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa....

    (Walker, 1856)
  • Chamanthedon leucocera
    Chamanthedon leucocera
    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...

    Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon leucopleura
    Chamanthedon leucopleura
    Chamanthedon leucopleura is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa.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...

    Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon ochracea
    Chamanthedon ochracea
    Chamanthedon ochracea is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa....

    (Walker, [1865])
  • Chamanthedon striata
    Chamanthedon striata
    Chamanthedon striata is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from Sierra Leone....

    Gaede, 1929
  • Chamanthedon tapeina
    Chamanthedon tapeina
    Chamanthedon tapeina is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa.The head, thorax and abdomen are black with a slight blue-green gloss. There are slight dorsal patches of golden cupreous scales on second and fourth segments of the abdomen. The forewings are brown, but the cell...

    Hampson, 1919
  • Chamanthedon tropica
    Chamanthedon tropica
    Chamanthedon tropica is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from the Republic of Congo and Gabon....

    (Beutenmüller, 1899)
  • Chamanthedon xanthopasta
    Chamanthedon xanthopasta
    Chamanthedon xanthopasta is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.The head and thorax are black, the neck with some yellow scales. The abdomen is black with a dorsal series of large elliptical pale yellow spots, confluent towards extremity. The legs are mostly...

    Hampson, 1919
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