Moyencharia joeli

Moyencharia joeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Moyencharia
Species:	M. joeli
Binomial name
	Moyencharia joeli; Lehmann, 2013

Moyencharia joeli is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in north-central and north-east central Nigeria and probably north-western Cameroon. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland and drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forests and riparian forests at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are warm buff and light orange yellow mixed with sepia and clay colour. The hindwings are warm buff and ivory yellow.

Etymology[]

The species is named for Joel Mutisya Kioko.^[1]

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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[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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