articleFar Eastern entomologistFeb 2, 2026DIAMOND OA

A NEW GENUS OF THE FAMILY METARBELIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA: COSSOIDEA) FROM CENTRAL AND WESTERN AFRICA

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Abstract

New genus Sineviella gen.n. (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea, Metarbelidae) and two new species, Sineviella tropeki sp.n. (type species) and S. maicheri sp.n. are described from Africa.The new genus is most similar to the oriental genus Encaumaptera Hampson, 1893 but differs in the semi-transparent wings, in the size of the

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  • Genus
  • Holotype
  • Taxonomy (biology)
  • Phylogenetics
  • Taxon
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