Moyencharia herhausi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Moyencharia |
| Species: | M. herhausi
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| Binomial name | |
| Moyencharia herhausi Lehmann, 2013
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Moyencharia herhausi is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in south-western Burkina Faso and probably south-eastern Mali. The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded farmland and Sudanian woodland with pockets of dry and riparian forests at low elevations.
The wingspan is about 26 mm.
Etymology
The species is named for Frank Herhaus.[1]
References
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- ^ Lehmann, Ingo (25 March 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" (PDF). WEBH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2024.