Moyencharia joeli

Moyencharia joeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Moyencharia
Species:	M. joeli
Binomial name
Moyencharia joeli Lehmann, 2013

Moyencharia joeli is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in north-central and north-east central Nigeria and probably north-western Cameroon. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland and drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forests and riparian forests at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are warm buff and light orange-yellow mixed with sepia and clay colour. The hindwings are warm buff and ivory yellow.

Etymology

The species is named for Joel Mutisya Kioko.^[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.