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Kayamuhakaia vaualba (Hampson, 1920)

Permalink:	METAVAUA
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/ Kayamuhakaia (genus)/ Kayamuhakaia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hampson, 1920)
Citation:	Metarbela vau-alba n. sp.
Original genus:	Metarbela
Publication:	Hampson G. F. 1920a. On new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, with the characters of two new families.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	26
Issue:	2
Pagination:	266
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858358

Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Kayamuhakaia by I. Lehmann (2025: 184).

Lehmann I. 2025. The new genera Kayamuhakaia, Finsterwaldeia, Lichterfeldia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae Strand, 1909) with thirty-six new species from lowland, submontane and montane areas of eastern, central and south-central Africa (Afrotropical Region).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia vaualba (Hampson, 1920)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	Malawi	Malawi S, British Cenral Africa, Nyasaland, Mt Mlanje [Mulanje], 1913-07-03, leg. S. A. Neave.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia vaualba (Hampson, 1920)	Malawi		Hampson G. F. 1920a. On new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, with the characters of two new families. page 266

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia vaualba (Hampson, 1920)	Hibiscus sp.	Malvaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 183

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