Kayamuhakaia latifasciata (Gaede, 1929)

• Overview
• Types
• DNA
• Distribution
• Plants
• Parasites
• Photos
• Children
• Synonyms

Permalink:	METALATI
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/  Kayamuhakaia (subgenus)/
Status:	Synonym, the accepted name is Kayamuhakaia nubifera
Authorship:	(Gaede, 1929)
Citation:	M.[etarbela] latifasciata n. sp.
Original genus:	Metarbela
Publication:	Gaede M. 1929. Metarbelidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer.
Journal:	—
Volume:	14
Issue:
Pagination:	508; pl. 78, fig. g
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56077193

Kayamuhakaia latifasciata (1)

---

Taxonomic note:

A junior subjective synonym of Marshalliana nubifera Bethune-Baker, 1909; synonymised by I. Lehmann (2025: 75).

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 latifasciata (Gaede, 1929)	Holotype	♀	NHMUK	Holotype ♀, genitalia slide Cossidae 21♀, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, British East Africa, Nairobi, 5600 ft, iv.1920, leg. W. N. van Someren.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Kayamuhakaia latifasciata (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination