Neolithocolletis mayumbe

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Neolithocolletis mayumbe
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Neolithocolletis
Species:
N. mayumbe
Binomial name
Neolithocolletis mayumbe
de Prins, 2012

Neolithocolletis mayumbe is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is ony known from the Democratic Republic of Congo where it inhabits West African primary forest. [1]

The length of the forewings is about 2.1 millimetres (0.083 in). [1] Adults have been recorded on wing in late March. [1]

Etymology

The name refers to the type locality, the Mayumbe Forest. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jurate De Prins; Akito Y. Kawahara (20 December 2012). "Systematics, revisionary taxonomy, and biodiversity of Afrotropical Lithocolletinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)". Zootaxa . 3594 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3594.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. Wikidata   Q97576949.