Haberlandia lusamboensis

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

Haberlandia lusamboensis is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Lusambo and Katako-Kombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo into the south-eastern Republic of the Congo. The habitat consists of moist and drier types of lowland rainforests.

The wingspan is about 23.5 mm for males and 27.5 mm for females. The forewings are deep colonial buff with Isabella colour lines from the costal margin to the dorsum. The hindwings are light yellowish olive with a reticulated pattern of Isabella colour. The hindwings of the females are similar to those of the males, but the inner half of the wing is pure Isabella colour.

Etymology

The species is named for Lusambo, the type locality.[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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