[Entomology • 2018] Osmanthedon domaticola • A New Genus and Species of Myrmecophile Clearwing Moth (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from East Africa

Osmanthedon domaticola  Agassiz & Kallies, 2018

   DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.8 

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