A new genus and species of myrmecophile clearwing moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from East Africa

作者：Agassiz David^*; Kallies Axel

来源：Zootaxa, 2018, 4392(3): 588-594.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.8

• Acacia
• Afrotropical
• Osmanthedon
• Synanthedonini
• new taxa
• Kenya
• Tanzania

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 Sjostedt) P.J.H. Hurter (Fabaceae), in East Africa.

• 出版日期2018-3-12