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Haberlandia clenchi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cossidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Haberlandia

Haberlandia clenchi is a moth in the Cossidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The habitat consists of a mosaic of open water, marshland, swamp forests, seasonally flooded forests and levee forests.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are colonial buff with buffy olive lines from the costal margin towards the discocellular cell. The hindwings are glossy colonial buff with scattered buffy olive lines.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Harry Kendon Clench.

References

Haberlandia clenchi Wikipedia