Moyencharia winteri

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

Moyencharia winteri is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in south-western Sudan and the north-eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The range probably extends into the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland, swampy sites, savanna with drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forests and riparian forests at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are ecru-olive with liver brown markings. The hindwings are ecru-olive with a glinty shine.

Etymology

The species is named for Philip Enever Winter.^[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.