Metarbela shimonii Lehmann, 2008
| FAMILY | Metarbelidae |
| SUBFAMILY | |
| GENUS | Metarbela |
| SPECIES | shimonii |
| AUTHOR | Lehmann, 2008 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Metarbela shimonii spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, Coast, Kwale District, Gogoni Forest, near site 10, 15.ii.2006, leg. I. Lehmann. |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Lehmann 05/112006♂, BMNH COSS 412♂, BMNH; Paratypes 5♂, genitalia slides Lehmann 09/112006♂, 14/062007♂, NMK, NHMU, RMCA, coll. Lehmann. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Lehmann, I. 2008. Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species from two upland forests. - Journal of East African Natural History 97(1):43–82. |
| PAGINATION | 47–48, figs. 1a, 2a; pl. 1, fig. 1 |
Species pictures
Lehmann I.
Kenya, Coast, Kwale District, Gogoni Forest, near site 10, 15.ii.2006, leg. I. Lehmann.
BMNH
,
Holotype
♂
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION |
| Kenya | Lehmann, I. 2008. Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species from two upland forests. - Journal of East African Natural History 97(1):43–82. |
Host Plants
Unknown
