Cossoidea

Cossoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes carpenter moths and relatives. Like their likely sister group Sesioidea they are internal feeders and have spiny pupae with moveable segments to allow them to extrude out of their exit holes in stems and trunks during emergence of the adult (Edwards et al., 1999).

Arbelodes is a genus of moths in the family Metarbelidae. The genus occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the greatest diversity in South Africa.