Madasphecia griveaudi

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Madasphecia griveaudi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Madasphecia
Species:
M. griveaudi
Binomial name
Madasphecia griveaudi
(Viette, 1982)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sura griveaudi Viette, 1982

Madasphecia griveaudi is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-western Madagascar. It is only known from its male holotype that was caught at the Mahafaly Plateau.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ Bartsch D., 2009. Melittosesia, a new genus of clearwing moths with a review of the Sesiini Boisduval, 1828 in Madagascar (Lep.:Sesiidae). - Entomologische Zeitschrift 119 (1): 9-12, 3 pl.