Philbyarbela taifensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Metarbelidae
Genus: Philbyarbela
Species: Philbyarbela taifensis

Name

Philbyarbela taifensis (Wiltshire, 1988)

Type locality: Saudi Arabia, [Mecca Province, Hijaz Mountains] Taif [21°16′N, 40°24′E]

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Metarbela taifensis Wiltshire, 1988: 71 (original combination)
• Philbyarbela taifensis Wiltshire - Yakovlev et al., 2026: 33

References

Primary references

• Wiltshire, E.P. 1988. Fam. Metarbelidae, Geometridae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae (part 6). - In Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (eds.) Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 9: 68-82. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Yakovlev, R.V., Müller, G.C., Prozorov, A.M., Alipanah, H., Shapoval, N.A., Shapoval, G.N., Naydenov, A.E. & Pavlova, P.D. 2026. Philbyarbela – new genus of Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from Saudi Arabia. Ecologica Montenegrina 97: 30-38. DOI: 10.37828/em.2026.97.3. . Reference page.