''Meharia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s 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.

Distribution

Eleven species have been reported so far, primarily from the deserts and arid mountains of the Western Palearctic and Africa.

Species

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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 A ...

'' Wiltshire, 1982 *''

Meharia avicenna ''Meharia avicenna'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Ar ...

'' Yakovlev, 2011 *''

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 ma ...

Alipanah & Yakovlev, 2021 *''

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 ...

'' Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2008 *''

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� ...

'' Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Yakovlev, 2011 *''

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 ...

'' Chrétien, 1915 **''Meharia incurvariella incurvariella'' Chrétien, 1915 **''Meharia incurvariella persica'' (Wiltshire, 1946) *''

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 nort ...

'' Yakovlev, 2013 *''

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 Ea ...

'' Bradley, 1952 *''

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 ...

'' D. Komarov et Zolotuhin, 2005 *''

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 wingsp ...

'' (Warren et Rothschild, 1905) *''

Meharia tancredii ''Meharia tancredii'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in northern Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaij ...

'' Sutton, 1963 *''

Meharia tanganyikae ''Meharia tanganyikae'' is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in eastern Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles ...

'' Bradley, 1952 *''

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–Ye ...

'' Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2010

References

Mehariinae Cossidae genera {{Cossoidea-stub