Lebedodes leifaarviki

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Metarbelidae
Genus: Lebedodes
Species: Lebedodes leifaarviki
Name

Lebedodes leifaarviki I. Lehmann, 2008

Type locality: Tanzania, Morogoro District, Morogoro Town, 550-600 m.

Holotype: ZMUN. male ♂. genitalia slide no. 28/072008. I. Lehmann. 28.XII.1992. leg. L. Aarvik.
References

Lehman, I., 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: [1].

Lebedodes leifaarviki is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Tanzania,[1] where it has been recorded from the central subregion of the Eastern Arc Mountains.

The length of the forewings is about 11 mm. The forewings are Saccardo's umber with a reticulated pattern of sepia. The hindwings are sepia.
Etymology

The species is named for Leif Aarvik.[2]
References

Afro Moths

Lehmann, I., 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: [1].

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog