Mountelgonia

Mountelgonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
Species
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Mountelgonia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae, Metarbelidae.

Distribution

The known species of this genus are found in Central & Eastern Africa (Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia).^[1]

Species

Mountelgonia percivali Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya)
Mountelgonia lumbuaensis Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya)
Mountelgonia arcifera (Hampson, 1909), (Kenya & Tanzania)
Mountelgonia abercornensis Lehmann, 2013 (Zambia)
Mountelgonia thikaensis Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya)
Mountelgonia pagana (Strand, 1909) (Rwanda)
Mountelgonia urundiensis Lehmann, 2013 (Burundi)

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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