Mountelgonia pagana

Mountelgonia pagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Mountelgonia
Species:	M. pagana
Binomial name
	Mountelgonia pagana; (Strand, 1909)
Synonyms
	Metarbela pagana Strand, 1909;

Mountelgonia pagana is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in north-eastern Rwanda. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded savanna, farmland and dry forests.

The wingspan is about 21.5 mm. The forewings are warm buff. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow.[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.