Tearbela theivora ( Hampson, 1910 ) Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021

Yakovlev, Roman V. & Zolotuhin, Vadim 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, pp. 43-47 : 44-45

Tearbela theivora ( Hampson, 1910) comb. nov.

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Arbela theivora Hampson, 1910 , Journ. Bombay Society 20: 97.

Type locality: Assam , Sylhet, Gazipur [ Bangladesh, 23°59′ N / 90°22′ E] .

Type material. Holotype (male) in NHMUK, examined.

Material examined. Holotype, male, Sylhet, Gazipur , 10.v.1907, C.B. Antram, 1907-206. Bark eating borer of tea. #2 ( NHMUK) . Paratypes, 1 male, 2 females, same locality, 6.v.1907, 10.v.1907, 14.v.1907 ( NHMUK, individual numbers NHMUK: 012832502 and 012832513, slide NHMUK: 010315533) .

Redescription. Male fore wing with poorly expressed darkened portion discally; female fore wing with poorly expressed pattern of strokes postdiscally and submarginally.

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Figures 1‒4. Adult specimens of Metarbelidae (NHMUK): 1. Tearbela theivora, male, holotype; 2. T. theivora, male, paratype (individual number 012832502); 3. T. theivora, female, paratype (individual number 012832513); 4. Marcopoloia dea, male, holotype.

Figures 5‒6. Male genitalia of Metarbelidae: 6. T. theivora, paratype (slide NHMUK: 010315533); 7. Marcopoloia dea, holotype (slide Cossidae # 259).