Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)

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Higher taxa:	Metarbelidae (family)/  Metarbela (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Butler, 1875)
Citation:	Cryptothelea Tuckeri, n. sp.
Original genus:	Cryptothelea
Publication:	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species.
Journal:	Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Volume:	(4) 16
Issue:	96
Pagination:	400–401
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128286

Metarbela tuckeri (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Taxonomic status unclear (see J. Bourgogne 1955: 126, Sobczyk 2011: 354).

Sobczyk T. 2011. Psychidae (Lepidoptera). – In: Nuss, M. (Ed.), World Catalogue of Insects 10.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, [no date, no collector].

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Butler A. G. 1875b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from southern Africa, with descriptions of new genera and species. page 400
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	page TMSA

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Cestrum aurantiacum	Solanaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 73
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Cryptocarya woodii	Lauraceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 77
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Grewia occidentalis	Malvaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 81
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Maerua racemulosa	Capparidaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 86 (as Niehburia penduculosa)
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Putterlickia verrucosa	Celastraceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 73 (as Celastrina v.)
Metarbela tuckeri (Butler, 1875)	Royena villosa	Ebenaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 91

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Metarbela tuckeri (1)

Metarbela tuckeri (2)

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