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 <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes albitorquata <small> (Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Arbelodes claudiae <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes collaris <small>Aurivillius, 1921</small>
- Arbelodes deprinsi <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes dicksoni <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes dupreezi <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes flavicolor <small> (Janse, 1925)</small>
- Arbelodes franziskae <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes goellnerae <small>Mey, 2012</small>
- Arbelodes griseata <small>Janse, 1925</small>
- Arbelodes haberlandorum <small> Lehmann, 2010</small>
- Arbelodes heringi <small> (Janse, 1930) </small>
- Arbelodes iridescens <small> (Janse, 1925)</small>
- Arbelodes kroonae <small> Lehmann, 2007 </small>
- Arbelodes kruegeri <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes meridialis <small> Karsch, 1896</small> (= Arbelodes meridionalis <small>von Dalla Torre & Strand, 1923</small>)
- Arbelodes mondeensis <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
- Arbelodes prochesi <small> Lehmann, 2010</small>
- Arbelodes sebelensis <small> Lehmann, 2010</small>
- Arbelodes shimonii <small> Lehmann, 2010</small>
- Arbelodes sticticosta <small> (Hampson, 1910)</small>
- Arbelodes varii <small> Lehmann, 2010 </small>
References
Further reading
- , 1896. Die Hollandiiden oder die äthiopischen Arbeliden W.J. Holland's. Entomologische Nachrichten, 22(9): 135âÂÂ141.
- , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146âÂÂ261.
- , 2012: Arbelodes goellnerae sp. nov. aus dem südlichen Namibia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea, Metarbelidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 122 (3): 103âÂÂ105.