Mountelgonia pagana

Mountelgonia pagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Metarbelidae
Genus: Mountelgonia
Species: M. pagana
Binomial name
Mountelgonia pagana
(Strand, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Metarbela pagana Strand, 1909

Mountelgonia pagana is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in north-eastern Rwanda. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded savanna, farmland and dry forests.

The wingspan is about 21.5 mm. The forewings are warm buff. The hindwing are glossy ivory yellow.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Lehmann, 2013. Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography.
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