Mountelgonia arcifera

Mountelgonia arcifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Metarbelidae
Genus: Mountelgonia
Species:
M. arcifera
Binomial name
Mountelgonia arcifera
(Hampson, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Marshalliana arcifera Hampson, 1909
  • Metarbela pallescens Le Cerf, 1914

Mountelgonia arcifera is a moth of the family Metarbelidae. It is found in southern Kenya and north-central Tanzania. The habitat consists of open grasslands with shrubs and/or trees at medium to high elevations.

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26.5 mm for females.[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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