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Issue: Vol. 5661 No. 4: 17 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.4.5
Page range: 553-560
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Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. XIII. Genus Indarbela Fletcher, 1922

Altai State University; pr. Lenina 61; Barnaul; 656049; Russia.; Tomsk State University; Lenina pr. 36; 634050 Tomsk; Russia.
Harlindestraat 53; 6101 DS Echt; the Netherlands.
Lepidoptera Section; Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata-700053; West Bengal; India.; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata; West Bengal; India
Lepidoptera Section; Zoological Survey of India; New Alipore; Kolkata-700053; West Bengal; India.
Lepidoptera biodiversity Cossoidea entomology Asia Paleotropics taxonomy pest species

Abstract

In the thirteenth part of the revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of South-Eastern Asia, we provide a revision of the little-known genus Indarbela Fletcher, 1922, establishing a new synonymy: I. quadrinotatus (Walker, 1856) = Arbela tetraonis Moore, 1879 syn. nov. Indarbela quadrinotatus (Walker, 1856) is redescribed. As a result of this study, Indarbela has been changed to a monotypic genus. The distribution map of the genus is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Yakovlev, R.V., Hulsbosch, R., Ahmad, J. & Singh, N. (2025) Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. XIII. Genus Indarbela Fletcher, 1922. Zootaxa, 5661 (4), 553–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.4.5