Kayamuhakaia triangularis (Gaede, 1929)

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Permalink:	METATRIA
Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Kayamuhakaia (genus)/  Kayamuhakaia (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Gaede, 1929)
Citation:	M.[etarbela] triangularis 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. f
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56077193

Kayamuhakaia triangularis (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Kayamuhakaia by I. Lehmann (2025: 157).

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 triangularis (Gaede, 1929)	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, [not ♀ as stated in the original description], MfN.	Tanzania	Tanzania, German East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam, ii.1909, leg. A. Reuss.

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Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Kayamuhakaia triangularis (Gaede, 1929)	Tanzania		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. page 508

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Kayamuhakaia triangularis (1)

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