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

Moyencharia herhausi is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found in south-western Burkina Faso and probably south-eastern Mali. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland and Sudanian woodland with pockets of dry and riparian forests at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are warm buff and light orange-yellow mixed with ivory yellow. The hindwings are warm buff mixed with ivory yellow.

Etymology

The species is named for Frank Herhaus.[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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