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[Entomology • 2018] Osmanthedon domaticola • A New Genus and Species of Myrmecophile Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from East Africa
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| Osmanthedon domaticola Agassiz & Kallies, 2018 |
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.
Keywords: Lepidoptera, Acacia, Afrotropical, Osmanthedon, Synanthedonini, new taxa, Kenya, Tanzania
David Agassiz and Axel Kallies. 2018. A New Genus and Species of Myrmecophile Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from East Africa. Zootaxa. 4392(3); 588–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.8
