Arbelodes

Arbelodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Subfamily: Metarbelinae
Genus: Arbelodes
Karsch, 1896

Arbelodes is a genus of moths in the family Metarbelidae.[1][2][3][4] The genus occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the greatest diversity in South Africa.[4]

Species

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There are 23 recognized species:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Arbelodes Karsch, 1896". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Arbelodes Karsch, 1896". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Arbelodes Karsch, 1896". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b Lehmann, Ingo (2010). A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae) from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of 13 new species. Ingo Lehmann (self-published). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.79419.

Further reading

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  • Karsch, F., 1896. Die Hollandiiden oder die äthiopischen Arbeliden W.J. Holland's. Entomologische Nachrichten, 22(9): 135–141.
  • Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
  • Mey, W., 2012: Arbelodes goellnerae sp. nov. aus dem südlichen Namibia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea, Metarbelidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 122 (3): 103–105.