''Phyllonorycter maererei'' 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 ...

of the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...

. 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 ...

and

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

in dry areas but with low green vegetation at altitudes between 500 and 1,000 meters. The length of the forewings is 2.1 mm.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Professor Amon Petro Maerere of the Department of Crop Science and horticulture at the

Sokoine University of Agriculture Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is a public university in Morogoro, Tanzania, specializing in agriculture. The university is named after the country's second prime minister Edward Sokoine. Introduction Sokoine University of Agriculture ...

in Tanzania. He is the father of an entomologist and agronomist Peter Amon Maerere.

References

Moths described in 2012 maererei Moths of the Arabian Peninsula Insects of Tanzania Moths of Africa Taxa named by Jurate de Prins {{Phyllonorycter-stub