Mountelgonia thikaensis

Mountelgonia thikaensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found east of the eastern Great Rift Valley in the central highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of a mosaic of scattered tree grassland and riverine forests.

Mountelgonia thikaensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Metarbelidae
Genus: Mountelgonia
Species:
M. thikaensis
Binomial name
Mountelgonia thikaensis
Lehmann, 2013

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

Etymology

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The species is named after Thika, Kenya.[1]

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