''Arbelodes dicksoni'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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 more species await description. Carpenter millers are Lepidopter ...

. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

, where it has been recorded from Cape Town. The habitat consists of subtropical thickets. The length of the forewings is about 10 mm.

Etymology

The species is named for Charles Gordon Campbell Dickson who collected the holotype.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 2010 Arbelodes {{Metarbelinae-stub