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Mountelgonia thikaensis

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Species of moth

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

Mountelgonia thikaensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found east of the eastern Great Rift Valley in the central highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of a mosaic of scattered tree grassland and riverine forests.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Etymology

The species is named after Thika, 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 thikaensis


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