Lebedodes willihaberlandi

Lebedodes willihaberlandi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Lebedodes
Species: L. willihaberlandi
Binomial name
Lebedodes willihaberlandi
Lehmann, 2008

Lebedodes willihaberlandi is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Tanzania,[1] where it has been recorded from the Mufindi Forests. The habitat consists of montane and upper montane woodlands and bushland.

The length of the forewings is about 12.5 mm. The forewings are pale olive-buff with a buffy brown streak in the upper centre of the cell and a large spot below the lower angle of the cell. The terminal line, subterminal line, postmedial line and distal line are reduced to buffy brown striae. The hindwings are light-buff.

Etymology

The species is named for Willi Eduard Haberland, the grandfather of the author.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Lehmann, I., 2008: Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains Of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. Journal of East African Natural History 97 (1): 43-82. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[43:TNSOML]2.0.CO;2. Abstract:


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