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

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