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 & Yakovlev, 2021 *'' Meharia fischeri'' Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2008 *'' Meharia hackeri'' Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011 *'' Meharia incurvariella'' Chrétien, 1915 **''Meharia incurvariella incurvariella'' Chrétien, 1915 **''Meharia incurvariella persica'' (Wiltshire, 1946) *'' Meharia murphyi'' Yakovlev, 2013 *'' Meharia philbyi'' Bradley, 1952 *'' Meharia scythica'' D. Komarov et Zolotuhin, 2005 *'' Meharia semilactea'' (Warren et Rothschild, 1905) *'' Meharia tancredii'' Sutton, 1963 *'' Meharia tanganyikae'' Bradley, 1952 *'' Meharia yakovlevi'' Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010References