Mimaletis watulekii is a moth in the family of Geometridae first described by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1962.
| Mimaletis watulekii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Mimaletis |
| Species: | M. watulekii
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimaletis watulekii Carcasson, 1962
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This species is known from Nigeria[1] and has a wingspan of 18–20 mm. The author dedicated this species to its discoverer, Mr. Bonifacio Watuleki.[2]
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Mimaletis watulekii Carcasson, 1962". Afromoths. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1962). "New African Lepidoptera". Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum. 24 (1): 54–63, plas. 1–3.