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Mountelgonia lumbuaensis

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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

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The species is named after Lumbua, Kenya.[1]

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