Moyencharia ochreicosta

Moyencharia ochreicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Metarbelidae
Genus: Moyencharia
Species: M. ochreicosta
Binomial name
Moyencharia ochreicosta
(Gaede, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Teragra ochreicosta Gaede, 1929
  • Teragra basiplaga Gaede, 1929
  • Teragra basiplaga f. fuscoradiata Gaede, 1929

Moyencharia ochreicosta is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found from western Burkina Faso south through north-eastern and south-eastern Ghana to south-eastern and east-central Nigeria. It is probably also present in Togo and Benin. The habitat consists of rain forests and/or riparian forests at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 23.5 mm for males and 21 mm for males. The forewings are warm buff and ivory yellow or light orange-yellow and ivory yellow. The hindwings are glossy warm buff with ivory yellow towards the base.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 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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