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Moyencharia winteri

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Species of moth

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

Moyencharia winteri is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in south-western Sudan and the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The range probably extends into the Central African Republic.

The wingspan is about 32 mm.

Etymology

The species is named for Philip Enever Winter.

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
Moyencharia winteri


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