Moyencharia mineti

Moyencharia mineti is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Chad and probably also the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of a mosaic of riparian forests, open woodland and wooded floodplain grassland at low elevations.

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

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and 32 mm for females. The forewings are warm buff. Both sexes have a slightly different wing pattern. The hindwings are buffy olive, but olive ochre towards the base of the wing.

Etymology

The species is named for Professor Dr Joël Minet.[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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