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Moyencharia mineti is a moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Chad and probably also the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of a mosaic of riparian forests, open woodland and wooded floodplain grassland at low elevations.

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Moyencharia mineti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Moyencharia
Species:	M. mineti
Binomial name
Moyencharia mineti Lehmann, 2013

The wingspan is about 20 mm for males and 32 mm for females. The forewings are warm buff. Both sexes have a slightly different wing pattern. The hindwings are buffy olive, but olive ochre towards the base of the wing.

Etymology

The species is named for Professor Dr Joël Minet.[1]

References

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