Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)

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FAMILY Metarbelidae
SUBFAMILY  
GENUS Metarbela
SPECIES tuckeri
AUTHOR(Butler, 1875)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONCryptothelea Tuckeri, n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, [no date, no collector].
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTTaxonomic status unclear (see J. Bourgogne 1955: 126, Sobczyk 2011: 354).
PUBLICATION Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(96):394-420.
PAGINATION 400-401

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Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 16(96):394-420. 400
South Africa Eastern Cape   TMSA

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Celastraceae Putterlickia verrucosa South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 73 (as Celastrina v.)
Solanaceae Cestrum aurantiacum South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 73
Lauraceae Cryptocarya woodii South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 77
Malvaceae Grewia occidentalis South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 81
Capparidaceae Maerua racemulosa South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 86 (as Niehburia penduculosa)
Ebenaceae Royena villosa South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 91