''Cremastobombycia morogorene'' 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 ...

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, ''Camerar ...

. 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 ...

in savannah vegetation with agricultural farms. The length of the forewings is 2.25 mm. The forewing ground colour is reddish ochreous with white/blackish fuscous markings. The hindwings are greyish with a long fuscous fringe. Adults are on wing in late August.

Etymology

The species name refers to the name of the type locality:

Morogoro Morogoro is a city in the eastern part of Tanzania west of Dar es Salaam. Morogoro is the capital of the Morogoro Region. It is also known informally as "Mji kasoro bahari" which translates to “city short of an ocean/port." The Belgian base ...

in Tanzania.

References

Endemic fauna of Tanzania Moths described in 2012 Lithocolletinae Insects of Tanzania Moths of Africa {{Lithocolletinae-stub Taxa named by Jurate de Prins