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Mountelgonia lumbuaensis

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Species of moth

Mountelgonia lumbuaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Metarbelidae
Genus: Mountelgonia
Species: M. lumbuaensis
Binomial name
Mountelgonia lumbuaensis
Lehmann, 2013

Mountelgonia lumbuaensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Mau Forest complex in the south-western highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of both wet and dry Afromontane forest at high altitudes.

The wingspan is about 24 mm.

Etymology

The species is named after Lumbua, Kenya.

References

  1. Lehmann, 2013. Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography.
Taxon identifiers
Mountelgonia lumbuaensis


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