''Afroarabiella'' is a genus of
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 w ...
s in the family
Cossidae.
Species
*Subgenus ''Afroarabiella''
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Afroarabiella buchanani''
(Rothschild, 1921)
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Afroarabiella fanti
''Afroarabiella fanti'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south ...
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(Hampson, 1910)
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Afroarabiella namaquensis''
Yakovlev, 2014
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Afroarabiella ochracea''
(Gaede, 1929)
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Afroarabiella politzari''
Yakovlev, 2008
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Afroarabiella tahamae''
(Wiltshire, 1949)
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Afroarabiella tanzaniae''
Yakovlev, 2011
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Afroarabiella ukambani''
Yakovlev, 2008
*Subgenus ''Meyoarabiella''
Yakovlev, 2008
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Afroarabiella meyi''
Yakovlev, 2008
References
*Yakovlev, R.V. 2008: Afroarabiella gen. nov. – a new genus of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from the African and Arabian Peninsula. Atalanta, 39(1-4): 389–395.
*Yakovlev, R.V. 2014: A new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the Republic of South Africa, including a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa, 3793(2): 297–300.
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Cossinae
Cossidae genera
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