Kayamuhakaia mkuwadziensis Lehmann, 2025

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia mkuwadziensis sp. nov.
Original genus:	Kayamuhakaia
Publication:	Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region).
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Pagination:	170–173, figs 11d, 22d
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia mkuwadziensis Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♂	NMK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 02/032020♂, NMK.	Malawi	Malawi, Northern Region, Nkhata Bay District, Mkuwadzi Hill, 11°42’S 34°14’E, 2000 ft [ca 600 m], 19–22.xi.2001, leg. R. J. Murphy.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia mkuwadziensis Lehmann, 2025	Malawi		Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region). page 170

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