Lukeniana obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1909)

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Permalink:	METAOBLI
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Lukeniana (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Bethune-Baker, 1909)
Citation:	Metarbela obliqualinea, sp. n.
Original genus:	Metarbela
Publication:	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1909. Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(8) 3
Issue:
Pagination:	425–426
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071798

Lukeniana obliqualinea (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Had been transferred to Metarbelodes by G. F. Hampson (1910b: 123). Currently, it is the type species of the genus Lukeniana Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023.

Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Lukeniana obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1909)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide Cossid 49♂ (see I. Lehmann et al. 2023, fig. 11), NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, Brirish East Africa, Nairobi, 18.ii.1906, leg. F. J. Jackson.	Lehmann I., Zahiri R. & Husemann M. 2023. Revision of the Metarbelodes Strand, 1909 genus-group (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae) with descriptions of two new genera and 33 new species from high elevations of eastern and southern Africa. page 425–426

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Lukeniana obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1909)	Kenya		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1909. Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera. page 426
Lukeniana obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1909)	Uganda		Bethune-Baker G. T. 1909. Descriptions of new African Lepidoptera. page 426

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Lukeniana obliqualinea (1)

Lukeniana obliqualinea (2)

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