Mountelgonia thikaensis is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found east of the eastern Great Rift Valley in the central highlands of Kenya. The habitat consists of a mosaic of scattered tree grassland and riverine forests.
| Mountelgonia thikaensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Metarbelidae |
| Genus: | Mountelgonia |
| Species: | M. thikaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mountelgonia thikaensis Lehmann, 2013
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
Etymology
editThe species is named after Thika, Kenya.[1]
References
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