''Arbelodes'' is a genus of

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 ...

s in the family

Metarbelidae 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.Lehmann, I. (2 ...

. The genus occurs in

Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

, with the greatest diversity in South Africa.

Species

There are 23 recognized species: * '' Arbelodes agassizi'' Lehmann, 2010 * '' Arbelodes albitorquata'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Arbelodes claudiae'' Lehmann, 2010 * '' Arbelodes collaris'' Aurivillius, 1921 * '' Arbelodes deprinsi'' Lehmann, 2010 * ''

Arbelodes dicksoni ''Arbelodes dicksoni'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. 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, nin ...

'' Lehmann, 2010 * '' Arbelodes dupreezi'' Lehmann, 2010 * '' Arbelodes flavicolor'' (Janse, 1925) * '' Arbelodes franziskae'' Lehmann, 2010 * ''

Arbelodes goellnerae ''Arbelodes goellnerae'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in southern Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, ...

'' 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

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