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Metarbelinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Glossata

Superfamily
  
Cossoidea

Rank
  
Subfamily

Class
  
Insecta

Infraorder
  
Heteroneura

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Indarbela, Cossoidea, Zamarada, Eupterotidae

The Metarbelinae are a subfamily of the Cossidae also called the carpenter or goat moths.

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Distribution

The family is most diverse on the African mainland. The family is absent in the New World, Europe, northern Asia, Australia and have a very scattered occurrence on Madagascar and in the Oriental Region through the Arabian Peninsula.

Genera

  • Aethiopina Gaede, 1929
  • Arbelodes Karsch, 1896
  • Bjoernstadia Lehmann, 2012
  • Dianfosseya Lehmann, 2014
  • Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893
  • Haberlandia Lehmann, 2011
  • Indarbela Fletcher, 1922
  • Janegoodallia Lehmann, 2014
  • Kroonia Lehmann, 2010
  • Lebedodes Holland, 1893
  • Marshalliana Aurivillius, 1901
  • Melisomimas Jordan, 1907
  • Metarbela Holland, 1893
  • Metarbelodes Strand, 1909
  • Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
  • Moyencharia Lehmann, 2013
  • Ortharbela Aurivillius, 1910
  • Paralebedella Strand, 1923
  • Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891
  • Salagena Walker, 1865
  • Shimonia I. Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
  • Squamicapilla Schultze, 1908
  • Squamura Heylaerts, 1890
  • Stenagra Hampson, 1920
  • Subarchaeopacha Dufrane, 1945
  • Teragra Walker, 1855
  • Former genera

  • Catarbelana Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • References

    Metarbelinae Wikipedia