Moyencharia ochreicosta

Moyencharia ochreicosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Metarbelidae
Genus: Moyencharia
Species: M. ochreicosta
Binomial name
Moyencharia ochreicosta
(Gaede, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Teragra ochreicosta Gaede, 1929
  • Teragra basiplaga Gaede, 1929
  • Teragra basiplaga f. fuscoradiata Gaede, 1929

Moyencharia ochreicosta is a moth of the Cossidae family. It is found from western Burkina Faso south through north-eastern and south-eastern Ghana to south-eastern and east-central Nigeria. It is probably also present in Togo and Benin. The habitat consists of rain forests and riparian forests at low elevations.

The wingspan is about 23.5 mm for males and 21 mm for males. The forewings are warm buff and ivory yellow or light orange yellow and ivory yellow. The hindwings are glossy warm buff with ivory yellow towards the base.[1]

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