Mountelgonia lumbuaensis
Appearance
Mountelgonia lumbuaensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Metarbelidae |
Genus: | Mountelgonia |
Species: | M. lumbuaensis
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Binomial name | |
Mountelgonia lumbuaensis Lehmann, 2013
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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
[edit]The species is named after Lumbua, Kenya.[1]
References
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