Kayamuhakaia mountkenyaensis Lehmann, 2025

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Lehmann, 2025
Citation:	Kayamuhakaia mountkenyaensis 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:	89–93, figs 4e, 16d
URL:	http://www.phegea.org/Documents/Lehmann_2025.pdf

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia mountkenyaensis Lehmann, 2025	Holotype	♀	ZSM	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide I. Lehmann 06/082028♀, ZSM.	Kenya	Kenya, Central, Kirinyaga County, Mt Kenya South, Castle Forest Lodge area, 0°22’47’’S 37°18’35"E, 1900–2100 m, 30–31.iii.2019, leg. R. Fiebig & S. Schellhorn.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia mountkenyaensis Lehmann, 2025	Kenya		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 89

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