Mountelgonia

Mountelgonia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae, Metarbelidae.

Mountelgonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
Species
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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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