Afroarabiella

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Cossidae
Subfamilia: Cossinae
Genus: Afroarabiella
Subgenus: A. (Meyoarabiella)
Overview of species (9)

A. buchanani – A. fanti – A. meyi – A. namaquensis – A. ochracea – A. politzari – A. polioptera – A. tahamae – A. tanzaniae – A. ukambani
Name

Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008

Type species: Cossus tahamae Wiltshire, 1949

References
Primary references

Yakovlev, R.V. 2008: Afroarabiella gen. nov. – a new genus of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from the African and Arabian Peninsula. Atalanta 39(1-4): 389-395. full article (pdf).Reference page.

Additional references

Mey, W. 2015: Revision of the genus Arctiocossus Felder, 1874 and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Cossinae). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 5: 28–55. Reference page.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2014: A new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the Republic of South Africa, including a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa 3793(2): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.11 Reference page.

Afroarabiella is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Species

Subgenus Afroarabiella
Afroarabiella buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
Afroarabiella fanti (Hampson, 1910)
Afroarabiella namaquensis Yakovlev, 2014
Afroarabiella ochracea (Gaede, 1929)
Afroarabiella politzari Yakovlev, 2008
Afroarabiella tahamae (Wiltshire, 1949)
Afroarabiella tanzaniae Yakovlev, 2011
Afroarabiella ukambani Yakovlev, 2008
Subgenus Meyoarabiella Yakovlev, 2008
Afroarabiella meyi Yakovlev, 2008

References

Yakovlev, R.V. 2008: Afroarabiella gen. nov. – a new genus of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from the African and Arabian Peninsula. Atalanta, 39(1-4): 389–395.
Yakovlev, R.V. 2014: A new species of Afroarabiella Yakovlev, 2008 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from the Republic of South Africa, including a world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa, 3793(2): 297–300.