Haberlandia tempeli

Haberlandia tempeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Genus:	Haberlandia
Species:	H. tempeli
Binomial name
	Haberlandia tempeli; Lehmann, 2011

Haberlandia tempeli is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Ivory Coast. The habitat consists of coastal forests and swamp forests.

The wingspan is about 25.5 mm. The forewings are colonial buff with tawny-olive lines. The hindwings are ecru-olive with a reticulated buffy olive pattern.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Karl Georg Tempel.^[1]

References

^ Lehmann, I., 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map: 1-67. Full article: [1]

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[1] Lehmann, I., 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map: 1-67. Full article: [1]

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