Metarbela chidzingai

Metarbela chidzingai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Metarbela
Species: M. chidzingai
Binomial name
Metarbela chidzingai
Lehmann, 2008

Metarbela chidzingai is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Tanzania.[1] The habitat consists of lowland and submontane woodlands.

The length of the forewings is about 10.5 mm. The forewings are deep colonial buff with a light brownish olive terminal line and small light brownish olive triangles along the termen. The subterminal line light is brownish olive. The hindwings are colonial buff to ecru-olive.

Etymology

The species is named for Saidi Ali Chidzinga of the Coastal Forest Conservation Unit.[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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