Arbelodes Explained

Arbelodes is a genus of moths in the family Metarbelidae. The genus occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, 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 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

Further reading

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