Metarbelinae

The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths.

Distribution

The family is most diverse on the African mainland. The family is absent in the New World, Europe, northern Asia, Australia and have a very scattered occurrence on Madagascar and in the Oriental Region through the Arabian Peninsula.^[1]

Genera

• Aethiopina Gaede, 1929
• Arbelodes Karsch, 1896
• Bjoernstadia Lehmann, 2012
• Dianfosseya Lehmann, 2014
• Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893
• Haberlandia Lehmann, 2011
• Indarbela Fletcher, 1922
• Janegoodallia Lehmann, 2014
• Kroonia Lehmann, 2010
• Lebedodes Holland, 1893
• Marshalliana Aurivillius, 1901
• Melisomimas Jordan, 1907
• Metarbela Holland, 1893
• Metarbelodes Strand, 1909
• Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
• Moyencharia Lehmann, 2013
• Ortharbela Aurivillius, 1910
• Paralebedella Strand, 1923
• Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891
• Salagena Walker, 1865
• Shimonia I. Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
• Squamicapilla Schultze, 1908
• Squamura Heylaerts, 1890
• Stenagra Hampson, 1920
• Subarchaeopacha Dufrane, 1945
• Teragra Walker, 1855

Former genera

• Catarbelana Bethune-Baker, 1908

References

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• Lehmann, I., 1997: Metarbela haberlandorum sp. nov., a new moth from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae). Nachrichten Entomologischer Verein Apollo 18 (1): 45-53.
• Lehmann, I, 2007: Metarbelidae. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 4: 169-185.
• Lehmann, I., 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[43:TNSOML]2.0.CO;2.
• Lehmann, I., 2010: A new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Afrotropical Region with the description of seven new species. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 5: 294-322.
• Lehmann, I., 2010: A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae)from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of thirteen new species. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 8 b/w plates, 5 colour plates.
• Lehmann, I., 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map.
• Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146-261.
• Lehmann, I., 2012: Description of a new genus and species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from the Albertine Rift region of Tanzania, East Africa. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 59: 234-240.
• Lehmann, I., 2013: Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 10 b/w plates, 5 colour plates, 2 coloured maps.
• Lehmann, I. & Rajaei, H., 2013: Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea) from East and Central Africa, with notes on biogeography. Bonn zoological Bulletin 62(1): 100-110. Full article: .
• Lehmann, I., 2014: Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests Ecoregion (Central Africa). Zootaxa 3895 (4): 570-580.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog