Lebedodes willihaberlandi is a moth in the family Metarbelidae. It is found in Tanzania,[1] where it has been recorded from the Mufindi Forests. The habitat consists of montane and upper montane woodlands and bushland.
| Lebedodes willihaberlandi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Lebedodes |
| Species: | L. willihaberlandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lebedodes willihaberlandi Lehmann, 2008
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The length of the forewings is about 12.5 mm. The forewings are pale olive-buff with a buffy brown streak in the upper centre of the cell and a large spot below the lower angle of the cell. The terminal line, subterminal line, postmedial line and distal line are reduced to buffy brown striae. The hindwings are light-buff.
Etymology
editThe species is named for Willi Eduard Haberland, the grandfather of the author.[2]
References
edit- ^ Afro Moths
- ^ Lehmann, I., 2008: Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains Of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. Journal of East African Natural History 97 (1): 43-82. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[43:TNSOML]2.0.CO;2. Abstract: [1]