Moyencharia sommerlattei

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

Moyencharia sommerlattei is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in Guinea. The habitat consists of various forest types at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are warm buff along the costa. The hindwings are glossy warm buff with ivory yellow.

Etymology

The species is named for Dr Herbert Sommerlatte.[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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