Ortharbela sommerlattei

Ortharbela sommerlattei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Ortharbela
Species: O. sommerlattei
Binomial name
Ortharbela sommerlattei
Lehmann, 2008

Ortharbela sommerlattei is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Tanzania,[1] where it has been recorded from the East Usambara Mountains. The habitat consists of submontane forests.

The length of the forewings is about 7.9 mm. The forewings are sepia with several sayal brown spots with a sepia edge. The hindwings are olive brown.

Etymology

The species is named for Dr Malte Walter Ludwig Sommerlatte.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Lehmann, I., 2008: Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains Of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. Journal of East African Natural History 97 (1): 43-82. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[43:TNSOML]2.0.CO;2. Abstract:


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