Mountelgonia arcifera

Mountelgonia arcifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Mountelgonia
Species:	M. arcifera
Binomial name
	Mountelgonia arcifera; (Hampson, 1909)
Synonyms
	Marshalliana arcifera Hampson, 1909; Metarbela pallescens Le Cerf, 1914;

Mountelgonia arcifera is a moth of the family Metarbelidae. It is found in southern Kenya and north-central Tanzania. The habitat consists of open grasslands with shrubs and/or trees at medium to high elevations.

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26.5 mm for females.^[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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