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Metarbela Taifensis
''Metarbela taifensis'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Saudi Arabia. References Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog Metarbela Moths described in 1988 {{Metarbelinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family (biology), family of mostly large Miller (moth), miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are nocturnal Lepidoptera found worldwide, except the Southeast Asian subfamily Ratardinae, which is mostly active during the day. This family includes many species with large caterpillars and moths with a wingspan from . These moths are mostly grey; some have long, narrow wings and resemble hawkmoths (Sphingidae) which are more advanced macrolepidoptera, however. Many are twig, bark, or leaf mimics, and Cossidae often have some sort of large marking at the tip of the forewing uppersides, conspicuous in flight, but resembling a broken-off twig when the animals are resting. Caterpillars are smooth with a few hairs. Most cossid caterpillars are tree borers, in some species taking up to three years to mature. The caterpill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off the east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam. Pre-Islamic Arabia, the territory that constitutes modern-day Saudi Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metarbela
''Metarbela'' is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. Species * '' Metarbela abdulrahmani'' Lehmann, 2008 * '' Metarbela alluaudi'' Le Cerf, 1914 * '' Metarbela bifasciata'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela bipuncta'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela bueana'' Strand, 1912 * '' Metarbela chidzingai'' Lehmann, 2008 * '' Metarbela cinereolimbata'' Le Cerf, 1914 * '' Metarbela costistrigata'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela cremorna'' Hampson, 1920 * ''Metarbela cymaphora'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Metarbela dialeuca'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Metarbela diodonta'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Metarbela distincta'' Le Cerf * ''Metarbela erecta'' Gaede, 1929 * ''Metarbela fumida'' Karsch, 1896 * ''Metarbela funebris'' Gaede, 1929 * ''Metarbela haberlandorum'' Lehmann, 1997 * ''Metarbela inconspicua'' Gaede, 1929 * ''Metarbela kobesi'' Lehmann, 2007 * ''Metarbela laguna'' Hampson, 1920 * ''Metarbela latifasciata'' Gaede, 1929 * ''Metarbela leucostigma'' (Hampson, 1910) * ''Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
