Moyencharia ochreicosta
Species of moth
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Moyencharia ochreicosta is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found from western Burkina Faso south through north-eastern and south-eastern Ghana to south-eastern and east-central Nigeria. It is probably also present in Togo and Benin. The habitat consists of rain forests and riparian forests at low elevations.
| Moyencharia ochreicosta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | Moyencharia |
| Species: | M. ochreicosta |
| Binomial name | |
| Moyencharia ochreicosta (Gaede, 1929) | |
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The wingspan is about 23.5 mm for males and 21 mm for males.[1]
