Haberlandia rabiusi

Haberlandia rabiusi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Haberlandia
Species: H. rabiusi
Binomial name
Haberlandia rabiusi
Lehmann, 2011

Haberlandia rabiusi is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in Sierra Leone. The habitat consists of lowland tropical rainforests.

The wingspan is about 21.5 mm. The forewings are ecru-olive with buffy olive lines from the costal margin towards the dorsum. The hindwings are ecru-olive.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Ernst-Wilhelm Rabius.[1]

References

  1. Lehmann, I., 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map: 1-67. Full article: