Mountelgonia abercornensis

Mountelgonia abercornensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in north-eastern Zambia. The habitat consists of woodland mosaic at high elevations.

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

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The species is named after the type locality of Abercorn (now Mbala, Zambia).[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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