Mountelgonia
Genus of moths
Mountelgonia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Metarbelidae |
Genus: | Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013 |
Species | |
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Mountelgonia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae, Metarbelidae.
Distribution
The known species of this genus are found in Central & Eastern Africa (Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia).[1]
Species
- Mountelgonia percivali Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya)
- Mountelgonia lumbuaensis Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya)
- Mountelgonia arcifera (Hampson, 1909), (Kenya & Tanzania)
- Mountelgonia abercornensis Lehmann, 2013 (Zambia)
- Mountelgonia thikaensis Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya)
- Mountelgonia pagana (Strand, 1909) (Rwanda)
- Mountelgonia urundiensis Lehmann, 2013 (Burundi)
References
- ^ 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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