Mountelgonia lumbuaensis
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| Mountelgonia lumbuaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Metarbelidae |
| Genus: | Mountelgonia |
| Species: | M. lumbuaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mountelgonia lumbuaensis Lehmann, 2013
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Mountelgonia lumbuaensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Mau Forest complex in the south-western highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of both wet and dry Afromontane forest at high altitudes.
The wingspan is about 24 mm.
Etymology
The species is named after Lumbua, Kenya.[1]
References
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