''Merulempista saharae'' is a species of
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...
in the genus ''
Merulempista''. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 2002 and is known from
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 ...
(including
Maader Telmaout, the type location).
References
Moths described in 2002
Phycitini
Endemic fauna of Morocco
Moths of Africa
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