Haberlandia clenchi

Haberlandia clenchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Haberlandia
Species: H. clenchi
Binomial name
Haberlandia clenchi
Lehmann, 2011

Haberlandia clenchi is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The habitat consists of a mosaic of open water, marshland, swamp forests, seasonally flooded forests and levee forests.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are colonial buff with buffy olive lines from the costal margin towards the discocellular cell. The hindwings are glossy colonial buff with scattered buffy olive lines.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Harry Kendon Clench.[1]

References

  1. Lehmann, I., 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map: 1-67. Full article:


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