''Metarbela'' 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

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 ...

described by

William Jacob Holland Rev William Jacob Holland FRSE LLD (August 16, 1848 – December 13, 1932) was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished lepidopterist, zoologist ...

in 1893.

Species

* '' Metarbela abdulrahmani'' Lehmann, 2008 * '' Metarbela alluaudi'' Le Cerf, 1914 * '' Metarbela bifasciata'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela bipuncta'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela bueana'' Strand, 1912 * '' Metarbela chidzingai'' Lehmann, 2008 * '' Metarbela cinereolimbata'' Le Cerf, 1914 * '' Metarbela costistrigata'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela cremorna'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela cymaphora'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Metarbela dialeuca'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Metarbela diodonta'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Metarbela distincta'' Le Cerf * '' Metarbela erecta'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela fumida'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Metarbela funebris'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela haberlandorum'' Lehmann, 1997 * '' Metarbela inconspicua'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela kobesi'' Lehmann, 2007 * '' Metarbela laguna'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela latifasciata'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela leucostigma'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Metarbela lornadepewae'' Lehmann, 2009 * '' Metarbela micra'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Metarbela naumanni'' Mey, 2005 * '' Metarbela nubifera'' Bethune-Baker, 1909 * '' Metarbela ochracea'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela onusta'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Metarbela perstriata'' Hampson, 1916 * '' Metarbela plagifera'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela pygatula'' Strand, 1912 * '' Metarbela quadriguttata'' Aurivillius, 1925 * '' Metarbela rava'' Karsch, 1896 * '' Metarbela reticulosana'' Strand, 1912 * '' Metarbela rufa'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela shimonii'' Lehmann, 2008 * '' Metarbela simillima'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Metarbela sphacobapta'' Tams, 1929 * '' Metarbela stivafer'' Holland, 1893 * '' Metarbela taifensis'' Wiltshire, 1988 * '' Metarbela triangularis'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela triguttata'' Aurivillius, 1905 * '' Metarbela trisignata'' Gaede, 1929 * '' Metarbela tuckeri'' Butler, 1875 * '' Metarbela vaualba'' Hampson, 1920 * '' Metarbela weinmanni'' Lehmann, 2007

Former species

* '' Metarbela albitorquata'' Hampson, 1910 * '' Metarbela arcifera'' Hampson, 1909 * '' Metarbela flavicolor'' Janse, 1925 * '' Metarbela heringi'' Janse, 1930 * '' Metarbela iridescens'' Janse, 1925 * '' Metarbela marginemaculata'' Gaede * '' Metarbela neurosticta'' (Hampson, 1910) * '' Metarbela pagana'' Strand, 1909 * '' Metarbela pallescens'' Le Cerf, 1914 * '' Metarbela splendida'' D. S. Fletcher, 1968

References

* , 1997: ''Metarbela haberlandorum'' sp. nov., a new moth from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae). ''Nachrichten Entomologische Verein Apollo'' 18 (1): 45–53. * , 2007: Metarbelidae. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie'' Memoir 4: 169–185. * , 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 3:TNSOML.0.CO;2. Abstract

* , 2008: Six New Species of ''Metarbelidae'' (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, Including One New Species from Marenji Forest in Southeast Coastal Kenya. ''Journal of East African Natural History'' 97 (2): 187–206. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317-97.2.187. Abstract

* , 2005: ''Metarbela naumanni'' sp. nov. from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Metarbelinae). ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 115 (1): 10–12.

External links

* Metarbelinae Metarbela Cossidae genera {{Metarbelinae-stub