Kayamuhakaia mbalensis Lehmann, 2025

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Permalink:	KAYAMBAL
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia mbalensis 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:	167–169, figs 11c, 22c
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia mbalensis Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide I. Lehmann, 023/032011♀, NHMUK.	Zambia	Zambia, Northern Province, Mbala District, ca 8°51’09’’S 31°21’25’’E, 1975-03-16.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia mbalensis Lehmann, 2025	Zambia		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 167

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