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Meharia
''Meharia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae. Diagnosis ''Meharia'' is distinguished from all other Cossidae genus by a number of apomorphous characters: the specific “tineoid appearance”, the reduction of the lateral processes of the juxta, the specific dorsolateral sclerotization of the asymmetric aedeagus and the specific ribbon – like epiphysis. Description These are small to medium-sized moths, females larger; eyes naked; male and female antennae bipectinate along their length; proboscis reduced; legs long, slender; foretibia bearing a ribbon-like epiphysis; forewing elongate, rounded on the outer margin; forewing pattern has alternate dark and pale spots and bands transversely; hindwing uniform. Distribution Eleven species have been reported so far, primarily from the deserts and arid mountains of the Western Palearctic and Africa. Species *''Meharia acuta'' Wiltshire, 1982 *''Meharia avicenna'' Yakovlev, 2011 *''Meharia baluchestana Alipanah & Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Baluchestana
''Meharia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Cossidae The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths. This family contains over 110 genera with almost 700 known species, and many more species await description. Carpenter millers are Lepidopter .... Diagnosis ''Meharia'' is distinguished from all other Cossidae genus by a number of apomorphous characters: the specific “tineoid appearance”, the reduction of the lateral processes of the juxta, the specific dorsolateral sclerotization of the asymmetric aedeagus and the specific ribbon – like epiphysis. Description These are small to medium-sized moths, females larger; eyes naked; male and female antennae bipectinate along their length; proboscis reduced; legs long, slender; foretibia bearing a ribbon-like epiphysis; forewing elongate, rounded on the outer margin; forewing pattern has alternate dark and pale spots and bands transversely; hindwing uniform. Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Hackeri
''Meharia hackeri'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Socotra, Yemen. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 21–22 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is yellowish brown with white longitudinal fascia forming the wing pattern. Taxonomy The species is named after Hermann Hacker, a German lepidopterist who studied the macromoths of the Arabian peninsula and Africa. Description The holotype female's costal margin is 10 mm long, with a wingspan of 21 mm. Paratypes have slightly longer forewings at 11 mm and a wingspan of 22 mm. The antennae are a bit longer than half the forewing length, bipectinate, and white in color with black at the base. The head and tegulae are yellowish-white. The labial palps are yellowish-brown with white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Incurvariella
''Meharia incurvariella'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# .... Subspecies *''Meharia incurvariella incurvariella'' (Algeria, Morocco) *''Meharia incurvariella persica'' (Wiltshire, 1946) (Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan) References Moths described in 1915 Meharia {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Yakovlevi
''Meharia yakovlevi'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Socotra, Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part .... References Moths described in 2010 Meharia Endemic fauna of Socotra {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Semilactea
''Meharia semilactea'' is a species of moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Egypt (the Sinai Peninsula), northern Sudan, Morocco and Mauritania. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 18–30 mm. The forewings are cream white with olive-brown markings, consisting of a basal patch with a curved outer edge and a postmedian fascia of irregular shape. The hindwings are brown grey, but whitish towards the base. The underside is olive grey brown, varied with ochreous white. The head, palpi and shoulders are white and the antennae are grey. The thorax and abdomen are white, partly mixed with olive grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from October to December in Jor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Murphyi
''Meharia murphyi'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...., 2013: The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of two new species. ''Zootaxa'', 3709 (4): 371-393. Abstract/ref> References Endemic fauna of Malawi Moths described in 2013 Meharia {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Acuta
''Meharia acuta'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part .... References Moths described in 1982 Meharia Invertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Fischeri
''Meharia fischeri'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc .... References Moths described in 2008 Meharia Endemic fauna of Morocco Moths of Africa {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Philbyi
''Meharia philbyi'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline .... References Moths described in 1952 Meharia Invertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meharia Scythica
''Meharia scythica'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Russia (Volgograd and Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ... regions)., 2005: New data on distribution and systematic of Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Europe and adjacent territories. ''Eversmannia'' 3-4: 18-27. Full article/ref> References Moths described in 2005 Meharia {{Cossoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |