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Moyencharia mineti

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Moyencharia mineti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Moyencharia
Species:
M. mineti
Binomial name
Moyencharia mineti
Lehmann, 2013

Moyencharia mineti is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Chad and probably also the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of a mosaic of riparian forests, open woodland and wooded floodplain grassland at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and 32 mm for females.

Etymology

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The species is named for Professor Dr Joël Minet.[1]

References

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  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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