''Lebedodes ianrobertsoni'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Cossidae. It is found in

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 ...

, where it has been recorded from the central subregion of the Eastern Arc Mountains probably extending further east into the drier coastal forests. The length of the forewings is about 9 mm. The forewings are pale orange-yellow with buckthorn brown transverse lines and striae. The hindwings are ivory yellow, but ecru-olive with a narrow line along the termen.

Etymology

The species is named for Ian Robertson., 2008: 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

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Endemic fauna of Tanzania Metarbelinae Moths described in 2009 {{Metarbelinae-stub