''Shimonia'' 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 was described by Ingo Lehmann and Hossein Rajaei in 2013.
Species
* ''
Shimonia fischeri''
Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
* ''
Shimonia oyiekeae''
Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
* ''
Shimonia splendida''
(D. S. Fletcher, 1968)
* ''
Shimonia timberlakei''
Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
Etymology
The genus is named for Shimoni Lehmann, the son of the senior author.
References
*Lehmann, I. & Rajaei Sh., 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.
External links
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Metarbelinae
{{Metarbelinae-stub