Arbelodes

Arbelodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cossidae
Subfamily:	Metarbelinae
Genus:	Arbelodes Karsch, 1896

Arbelodes is a genus of moths in the family Metarbelidae.[1][2][3][4] The genus occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the greatest diversity in South Africa.[4]

Species

There are 23 recognized species:[1][2]

• Arbelodes agassizi Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes albitorquata (Hampson, 1910)
• Arbelodes claudiae Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes collaris Aurivillius, 1921
• Arbelodes deprinsi Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes dicksoni Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes dupreezi Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes flavicolor (Janse, 1925)
• Arbelodes franziskae Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes goellnerae Mey, 2012
• Arbelodes griseata Janse, 1925
• Arbelodes haberlandorum Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes heringi (Janse, 1930)
• Arbelodes iridescens (Janse, 1925)
• Arbelodes kroonae Lehmann, 2007
• Arbelodes kruegeri Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes meridialis Karsch, 1896 (= Arbelodes meridionalis von Dalla Torre & Strand, 1923)
• Arbelodes mondeensis Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes prochesi Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes sebelensis Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes shimonii Lehmann, 2010
• Arbelodes sticticosta (Hampson, 1910)
• Arbelodes varii Lehmann, 2010

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Arbelodes Karsch, 1896". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 24 August 2024.
2. Savela, Markku. "Arbelodes Karsch, 1896". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
3. "Arbelodes Karsch, 1896". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.199. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
4. Lehmann, Ingo (2010). A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae) from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of 13 new species. Ingo Lehmann (self-published). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.79419.

Further reading

• Karsch, F., 1896. Die Hollandiiden oder die äthiopischen Arbeliden W.J. Holland's. Entomologische Nachrichten, 22(9): 135–141.
• Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
• Mey, W., 2012: Arbelodes goellnerae sp. nov. aus dem südlichen Namibia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea, Metarbelidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 122 (3): 103–105.