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Mountelgonia
''Mountelgonia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae, Metarbelidae. Distribution The known species of this genus are found in Central & Eastern Africa (Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...). Species *'' Mountelgonia percivali'' Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya) *'' Mountelgonia lumbuaensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya) *'' Mountelgonia arcifera'' (Hampson, 1909), (Kenya & Tanzania) *'' Mountelgonia abercornensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Zambia) *'' Mountelgonia thikaensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya) *'' Mountelgonia pagana'' (Strand, 1909) (Rwanda) *'' Mountelgonia urundiensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Burundi) References Metarbelinae {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia
''Mountelgonia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae, Metarbelidae. Distribution The known species of this genus are found in Central & Eastern Africa (Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...). Species *'' Mountelgonia percivali'' Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya) *'' Mountelgonia lumbuaensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya) *'' Mountelgonia arcifera'' (Hampson, 1909), (Kenya & Tanzania) *'' Mountelgonia abercornensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Zambia) *'' Mountelgonia thikaensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Kenya) *'' Mountelgonia pagana'' (Strand, 1909) (Rwanda) *'' Mountelgonia urundiensis'' Lehmann, 2013 (Burundi) References Metarbelinae {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Urundiensis
''Mountelgonia urundiensis'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found on the high central plateau of Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the .... The habitat consists of forest/woodland mosaic with riverine forests at high elevations. The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are warm buff, the costal margin with sepia. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow, with slightly darker veins. Etymology The species name is derived from Urundi, the name of Burundi before the country gained independence in 1962. References Moths described in 2013 Mountelgonia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Pagana
''Mountelgonia pagana'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in north-eastern Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator .... The habitat consists of a mosaic of wooded savanna, farmland and dry forests. The wingspan is about 21.5 mm. The forewings are warm buff. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow. References Moths described in 1909 Mountelgonia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Thikaensis
''Mountelgonia thikaensis'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found east of the eastern Great Rift Valley in the central highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of a mosaic of scattered tree grassland and riverine forests. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are warm buff, the costal margin and veins with a clay colour. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow, with slightly darker veins. Etymology The species is named after the type locality of Thika Thika Thika (pronounced ˆÎ¸ika is an industrial town and a major commerce hub in Kiambu County, Kenya, lying on the A2 road 42 kilometres (26 mi) Northeast of Nairobi, near the confluence of the Thika and Chania Rivers. Although Thika town .... References Endemic moths of Kenya Moths described in 2013 Mountelgonia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Abercornensis
''Mountelgonia abercornensis'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in north-eastern Zambia. The habitat consists of woodland mosaic at high elevations. The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are warm buff, the costal margin is buckthorn brown. The hindwings are glossy warm buff. Etymology The species is named after the type locality of Abercorn (now Mbala, Zambia Mbala is Zambia’s most northerly large town and seat of Mbala District in Northern Province, occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the ...). References Endemic fauna of Zambia Moths described in 2013 Mountelgonia Fauna of Zambia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Arcifera
''Mountelgonia arcifera'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Kenya and north-central Tanzania. The habitat consists of open grasslands with shrubs and/or trees at medium to high elevations. The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26.5 mm for females. The forewings are ivory yellow, the costal margin warm buff. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow, with slightly darker veins. References Moths described in 1909 Mountelgonia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Lumbuaensis
''Mountelgonia lumbuaensis'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in the Mau Forest complex in the south-western highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of both wet and dry Afromontane The Afromontane regions are subregions of the Afrotropical realm, one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms, covering the plant and animal species found in the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. The Afromontane regions ... forest at high altitudes. The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are warm buff. The costal margin is sepia. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow. Etymology The species is named after the locality Lumbua, Kenya. References Endemic moths of Kenya Moths described in 2013 Mountelgonia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountelgonia Percivali
''Mountelgonia percivali'' is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found from the areas east of the summits of Mount Elgon to the western highlands of Kenya. It is probably also found on the western side of Mount Elgon in Uganda. The habitat consists of dry Afromontane The Afromontane regions are subregions of the Afrotropical realm, one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms, covering the plant and animal species found in the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. The Afromontane regions ... forest at high altitudes. The wingspan is about 22 mm for males and 26.5 mm for females. The forewings are sepia and yellow ochre below the cell and near the base. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow. Etymology The species is named after the naturalist Arthur Blayney Percival. References Moths described in 2013 Mountelgonia Moths of Africa {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metarbelidae
The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909. Distribution The family Metarbelidae is most diverse on the African mainland (occurs only south of the Sahara). The family is absent in the New World, Europe, northern Asia, Australia and have a very scattered occurrence on Madagascar and in the Oriental Region through the southwestern and southern Arabian Peninsula., 2009: Six New Species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, Including One New Species from Marenji Forest in Southeast Coastal Kenya. ''Journal of East African Natural History'' 97 (2): 187-206. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317-97.2.187. Abstract Genera * '' Aethiopina'' Gaede, 1929 * ''Arbelodes'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Bjoernstadia'' L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in northeastern Tanzania. According to the United Nations, Tanzania has a population of million, making it the most populous country located entirely south of the equator. Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania, such as 6-million-year-old Pliocene hominid fossils. The genus Australopithecus ranged across Africa between 4 and 2 million years ago, and the oldest remains of the genus ''Homo'' are found near Lake Olduvai. Following the rise of '' Homo erectus'' 1.8 million years ago, humanity spread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
