Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from the Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests Ecoregion (Central Africa)

INGO LEHMANN

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.6

Issue: Vol. 3895 No. 4: 17 Dec. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-12-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.4.6

Page range: 570–580

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Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from the Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests Ecoregion (Central Africa)

INGO LEHMANN⁺⁻

University of Bonn, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

Afrotropical Region Congo Basin Dianfosseya gen. nov. davenporti sp. nov. Janegoodallia gen. nov. leakeyi sp. nov. taxonomy revision

Abstract

The genera Dianfosseya gen. nov. and Janegoodallia gen. nov. and their single species D. leakeyi sp. nov. and J. davenporti sp. nov. are both described from Isiro, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa (Afrotropical Region). Wing pattern and male genitalia of the new species are depicted and notes on the habitat are presented.