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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: 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]

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