Afroarabiella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Cossidae
Subfamilia: Cossinae
Genus: Afroarabiella
Subgenus: A. (Meyoarabiella)

Overview of species (9)

A. buchanani – A. fanti – A. meyi – A. namaquensis – A. ochracea – A. politzari – A. polioptera – A. tahamae – A. tanzaniae – A. ukambani

Name

Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008

• Type species: Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949

References

Primary references

• Yakovlev, R.V. 2008: Afroarabiella gen. nov. – a new genus of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from the African and Arabian Peninsula. Atalanta 39(1-4): 389-395. full article (pdf).Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mey, W. 2015. Revision of the genus Arctiocossus Felder, 1874 and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Cossinae). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 5: 28–55. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. 2014: A new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the Republic of South Africa, including a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa 3793(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.11 Reference page.