Metarbelidae
25-Salagena narses Fawcett, 1916
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Clade:	Eulepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Clade:	Apoditrysia
Superfamily:	Cossoidea
Family:	Metarbelidae Strand, 1909
Synonyms
Arbelidae Hampson, [1893] (Unav.) Hollandiidae Karsch, 1896 (Unav.) Lepidarbelidae Dalla Torre & Strand, 1923 Teragridae Hampson, 1920

The Metarbelidae are a family of the Cossoidea also called the carpenter or goat moths, and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Metarbelinae of the Cossidae. No synapomorphies are shared with the Cossidae based on adult morphology.^[1] The family Metarbelidae was first described by Embrik Strand in 1909.

• Aethiopina Gaede, 1929
• Arbelodes Karsch, 1896
• Bjoernstadia Lehmann, 2012
• Dianfosseya Lehmann, 2014
• Eberhardfischeria Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
• Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893
• Haberlandia Lehmann, 2011
• Indarbela T. B. Fletcher, 1922
• Janegoodallia Lehmann, 2014
• Kroonia Lehmann, 2010
• Lebedodes Holland, 1893
• Lukeniana Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023
• Lutzkobesia I. Lehmann, 2019
• Marshalliana Aurivillius, 1901
• Melisomimas Jordan, 1907
• Metarbela Holland, 1893
• Metarbelodes Strand, 1909
• Morondavania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
• Mountelgonia Lehmann, 2013
• Moyencharia Lehmann, 2013
• Ortharbela Aurivillius, 1910
• Paralebedella Strand, 1923
• Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891
• Salagena Walker, 1865
• Shimbania Lehmann & Dalsgaard, 2023
• Shimonia I. Lehmann & Rajaei, 2013
• Squamicapilla Schultze, 1908
• Squamura Heylaerts, 1890
• Stenagra Hampson, 1920
• Stueningeria I. Lehmann, 2019
• Subarchaeopacha Dufrane, 1945
• Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021
• Teragra Walker, 1855
• Zambezia Lehmann, Zahiri & Husemann, 2023

• Catarbelana Bethune-Baker, 1908

• Lehmann, I., 1997: Metarbela haberlandorum sp. nov., a new moth from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae). Nachrichten Entomologischer Verein Apollo 18 (1): 45–53.
• Lehmann, I, 2007: Metarbelidae. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 4: 169–185.
• Lehmann, I., 2008: Ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the coastal forests and the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania, including one species From Two Upland Forests. Journal of East African Natural History 97 (1): 43–82. doi:10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[43:TNSOML2.0.CO;2].
• Lehmann, I., 2010: A new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Afrotropical Region with the description of seven new species. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 5: 294–322.
• Lehmann, I., 2010: A revision of the genus Arbelodes Karsch (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae)from southeast-central and southern Africa with the description of thirteen new species. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 8 b/w plates, 5 colour plates.
• Lehmann, I., 2011: The description of a new genus and twenty-three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the lowland tropical rain forests of the Guineo-Congolian Region with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 67 pages, 10 b/w plates, 6 colour plates, 1 coloured map.
• Mey, W., 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146–261.
• Lehmann, I., 2012: Description of a new genus and species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea) from the Albertine Rift region of Tanzania, East Africa. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 59: 234–240.
• Lehmann, I., 2013: Description of two new genera and ten new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from western, north-central and eastern Africa with notes on habitats and biogeography. Published by the author. Hamburg, 82 pages, 10 b/w plates, 5 colour plates, 2 coloured maps.
• Lehmann, I. & Rajaei, H., 2013: Description of a new genus and three new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from East and Central Africa, with notes on biogeography. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 62(1): 100–110. Full article: [1].
• Lehmann, I., 2014: Description of two new genera and two new species of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from the Northeastern Congolian Lowland Forests Ecoregion (Central Africa). Zootaxa 3895 (4): 570–580.
• Lehmann, I., 2019b: First revision of the family Metarbelidae Strand, 1909(Lepidoptera: Cossoidea Leach, 1815) and a phylogeny based on adult morphology of 60 genera from the Afrotropical and Oriental Region. Doctoral Dissertation. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-55423: 1–397.
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Zolotuhin, V.V., 2021: Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. VI. Genus Tearbela Yakovlev & Zolotuhin gen. nov. from the Bangladesh and Marcopoloia dea (Swinhoe, 1890) comb. nov. Ecologica Montenegrina, 45, 43–47. doi: 10.37828/em.2021.45.8
• Lehmann, I., Zahiri, R. & Husemann, M., 2023: Revision of the Metarbelodes Strand, 1909 genus-group (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Metarbelidae) with descriptions of two new genera and 33 new species from high elevations of eastern and southern Africa. Zootaxa 5267 (1): 001–106.
• Lehmann, I. & Dalsgaard, T., 2023: Revision of Saalmulleria Mabille, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Metarbelidae) from Madagascar with the description of three new genera and fifteen new species. Evolutionary Systematics 7 : 133–182.

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