''Lebedodes leifaarviki'' 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.

Etymology

The species is named for Leif Aarvik., 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