Arbelodes sticticosta

Arbelodes sticticosta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in south-eastern South Africa, where it has been recorded from the northern Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.

Arbelodes sticticosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Arbelodes
Species:
A. sticticosta
Binomial name
Arbelodes sticticosta
(Hampson, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Teragra sticticosta Hampson, 1910
  • Metarbela sticticosta
  • Metarbelodes sticticosta

The length of the forewings is about 15 mm. The forewings are glossy pale olive-buff, with deep olive-buff dots along the termen at the end of all veins and a dark olive-buff subterminal line. The hindwings are glossy deep olive buff.[1]

References
  1. Lehmann, I., 2010: A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera:Cossoidea:Metarbelidae) from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of thirteen new species. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 8 b/w plates, 5 colour plates. Full article:



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