''Limnaecia explanata'' 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 Cosmopterigidae. It is found in

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

.Afro Moths
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References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Endemic fauna of Zimbabwe Limnaecia Moths described in 1921 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths of Africa {{Antequerinae-stub