''Metarbela'' 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 described by
William Jacob Holland
Rev William Jacob Holland FRSE LLD (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished zoologist and paleontolo ...
in 1893.
Species
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Metarbela abdulrahmani''
Lehmann, 2008
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Metarbela alluaudi''
Le Cerf, 1914
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Metarbela bifasciata''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela bipuncta''
Hampson, 1920
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Metarbela bueana''
Strand, 1912
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Metarbela chidzingai''
Lehmann, 2008
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Metarbela cinereolimbata''
Le Cerf, 1914
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Metarbela costistrigata''
Hampson, 1920
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Metarbela cremorna''
Hampson, 1920
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Metarbela cymaphora
''Metarbela cymaphora'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Angola, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and ...
''
Hampson, 1910
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Metarbela dialeuca''
Hampson, 1910
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Metarbela diodonta''
Hampson, 1916
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Metarbela distincta''
Le Cerf
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Metarbela erecta
''Metarbela erecta'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Malawi, Somalia and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the ...
''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela fumida
''Metarbela fumida'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and B ...
''
Karsch, 1896
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Metarbela funebris
''Metarbela funebris'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a coun ...
''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela haberlandorum
''Metarbela haberlandorum'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kenya
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Lehmann, 1997
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Metarbela inconspicua
''Metarbela inconspicua'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Angola
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Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela kobesi
''Metarbela kobesi'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia ...
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Lehmann, 2007
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Metarbela laguna
''Metarbela laguna'' 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, s ...
''
Hampson, 1920
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Metarbela latifasciata
''Metarbela latifasciata'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the Afri ...
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Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela leucostigma
''Metarbela leucostigma'' is a moth in the family Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many mo ...
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(Hampson, 1910)
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Metarbela lornadepewae
''Metarbela lornadepewae'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Tanzania, where it has been recorded from the Udzungwa Mountains
The Udzungwa Mountains are a mountain range in south-central Tanzania. The mountains are mostly withi ...
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Lehmann, 2009
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Metarbela micra''
Karsch, 1896
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Metarbela naumanni''
Mey, 2005
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Metarbela nubifera''
Bethune-Baker, 1909
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Metarbela ochracea''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela onusta''
Karsch, 1896
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Metarbela perstriata''
Hampson, 1916
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Metarbela plagifera''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela pygatula''
Strand, 1912
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Metarbela quadriguttata''
Aurivillius, 1925
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Metarbela rava''
Karsch, 1896
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Metarbela recticulosana''
Strand, 1912
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Metarbela rufa''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela shimonii''
Lehmann, 2008
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Metarbela simillima''
(Hampson, 1910)
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Metarbela sphacobapta''
Tams, 1929
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Metarbela stivafer''
Holland, 1893
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Metarbela taifensis''
Wiltshire, 1988
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Metarbela triangularis''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela triguttata''
Aurivillius, 1905
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Metarbela trisignata''
Gaede, 1929
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Metarbela tuckeri''
Butler, 1875
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Metarbela vaualba''
Hampson, 1920
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Metarbela weinmanni''
Lehmann, 2007
Former species
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Metarbela albitorquata''
Hampson, 1910
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Metarbela arcifera''
Hampson, 1909
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Metarbela flavicolor''
Janse, 1925
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Metarbela heringi''
Janse, 1930
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Metarbela iridescens''
Janse, 1925
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Metarbela marginemaculata''
Gaede
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Metarbela neurosticta''
(Hampson, 1910)
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Metarbela pagana''
Strand, 1909
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Metarbela pallescens''
Le Cerf, 1914
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Metarbela splendida''
D. S. Fletcher, 1968
References
* , 1997: ''Metarbela haberlandorum'' sp. nov., a new moth from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae). ''Nachrichten Entomologische Verein Apollo'' 18 (1): 45–53.
* , 2007: Metarbelidae. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 4: 169–185.
* , 2008: Ten new species of ''Metarbelidae'' (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains Of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. ''Journal of East African Natural History'' 97 (1): 43–82. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97
3:TNSOML.0.CO;2. Abstract
* , 2008: Six New Species of ''Metarbelidae'' (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, Including One New Species from Marenji Forest in Southeast Coastal Kenya. ''Journal of East African Natural History'' 97 (2): 187–206. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317-97.2.187. Abstract
* , 2005: ''Metarbela naumanni'' sp. nov. from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Metarbelinae). ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 115 (1): 10–12.
External links
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Metarbelinae
{{Metarbelinae-stub