''Mountelgonia percivali'' is a
moth of the family
Cossidae. It is found from the areas east of the summits of
Mount Elgon
Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda. to the western highlands of
Kenya. It is probably also found on the western side of Mount Elgon in
Uganda. The habitat consists of dry
Afromontane
The Afromontane regions are subregions of the Afrotropical realm, one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms, covering the plant and animal species found in the mountains of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. The Afromontane regions ...
forest at high altitudes.
The
wingspan is about 22 mm for males and 26.5 mm for females. The forewings are sepia and yellow ochre below the cell and near the base. The hindwings are glossy ivory yellow.
Etymology
The species is named after the naturalist Arthur Blayney Percival.
Lehmann, 2013. ''Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography''.
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References
Moths described in 2013
Mountelgonia
Moths of Africa
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