Indarbela

Indarbela
	Indarbela theivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Metarbelidae
Genus:	Indarbela; T. B. Fletcher, 1922
Synonyms
	Arbela Moore, 1879 (preocc.); Lepidarbela von Dalla Torre & Strand, 1923;

Indarbela is a genus of moths in the family Metarbelidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1922.^[1]^[2]

Description

Species of the genus have minute palpi. Its antennae are bipectinated (comb like on both sides) to the tips in males, the branches short and simple in females. Mid and hind tibia slightly hairy, with minute terminal pairs of spurs. Forewings with veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked together. Hindwings with the cell of normal length. Vein 6 given off below the angle. Vein 8 connected with the subcostal nervure by an oblique bar near center of cell.^[3]

Species

Indarbela campbelli Hampson, 1910
Indarbela dea Swinhoe, 1890
Indarbela discipuncta Wileman, 1915
Indarbela magma de Joannis, 1929
Indarbela manes Druce, 1898
Indarbela millemaculata Hampson, 1897
Indarbela minima Hampson, 1910
Indarbela naida Dyar, 1913
Indarbela nais Druce, 1898
Indarbela necreros Dyar, 1914
Indarbela norax Druce, 1898
Indarbela obliquifasciata Mell, 1923
Indarbela orima Druce, 1906
Indarbela pardicolor Moore, 1879
Indarbela phaga Swinhoe, 1894
Indarbela quadrinotata Walker, 1856
Indarbela salara Druce, 1900
Indarbela tacita Druce, 1898
Indarbela tegula Distant, 1897
Indarbela tesselatus Moore, 1879
Indarbela tetraonis Moore, 1879
Indarbela theivora Hampson, 1910
Indarbela watsoni Hampson, 1900

Former species

Indarbela acutistriata Mell, 1923
Indarbela disciplaga Swinhoe, 1901
Indarbela flavina Mell, 1923
Indarbela kinabalua Holloway, 1976
Indarbela philobia Druce, 1898

References

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Indarbela Fletcher T. B.,1922". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (1922). "New Names for Old". The Entomologist. 55. Adlard & Son & West Newman, Ltd.: 231 – via Internet Archive.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

External links

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Indarbela Fletcher T. B.,1922". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[2] Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (1922). "New Names for Old". The Entomologist. 55. Adlard & Son & West Newman, Ltd.: 231 – via Internet Archive.

[3] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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