Moyencharia herhausi

Moyencharia herhausi is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in south-western Burkina Faso and probably south-eastern Mali. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland and Sudanian woodland with pockets of dry and riparian forests at low elevations.

Moyencharia herhausi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Moyencharia
Species:
M. herhausi
Binomial name
Moyencharia herhausi
Lehmann, 2013

The wingspan is about 26 mm.

Etymology

The species is named for Frank Herhaus.[1]

References


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