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Metarbelidae

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The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyMetarbelidae

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Specimen records
28
Family
Metarbelidae
Collections
SAM
Recorded in
South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia

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The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology. The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.

==Genera== Aethiopina Gaede, 1929 Arbelodes Karsch, 1896 Bjoernstadia Lehmann, 2012 Dianfosseya Lehmann, 2014 Eberhardfischeria Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023 Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893 Finsterwaldeia Lehmann, 2025 Haberlandia Lehmann, 2011 Indarbela T. B. Fletcher, 1922 Janegoodallia Lehmann, 2014 Kayamuhakaia Lehmann, 2025 Kroonia Lehmann, 2010 Lebedodes Holland, 1893 Lichterfeldia Lehmann, 2025 Lukeniana Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023 Lutzkobesia I. Lehmann, 2019 Marshalliana Aurivillius, 1901 Melisomimas Jordan, 1907 Metarbela Holland, 1893 Metarbelodes Strand, 1909 Morondavania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023 Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013 Moyencharia Lehmann, 2013 Ortharbela Aurivillius, 1910 Paralebedella Strand, 1923 Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 Salagena Walker, 1865 Shimbania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023 Shimonia I. Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013 Squamicapilla Schultze, 1908 Squamura Heylaerts, 1890 Stenagra Hampson, 1920 Stueningeria I. Lehmann, 2019 Subarchaeopacha Dufrane, 1945 Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021 Teragra Walker, 1855 Zambezia Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023

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