Meharia acuta Wiltshire, 1982
| FAMILY | Cossidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Mehariinae |
| GENUS | Meharia |
| SPECIES | acuta |
| AUTHOR | Wiltshire, 1982 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Meharia acuta n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Saudi Arabia, Wadi Hanaka, xi.1936, leg. H. St. J. Philby. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH; Allotype ♀, BMNH; Paratypes 5♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 4:271-331. |
| PAGINATION | 276, fig. 3a; pl. 1, fig. 3 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Oman | Yakovlev R. V. & Saldaitis A. 2008. Rambuasalama augustasi gen. nov. et spec. nov. of Cossidae from Madagascar (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). - Atalanta, Würzburg 39(1-4):401-403. | 51 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 4:271-331. | 276 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Yakovlev R. V. & Breithaupt R. 2013. The first data on the Cossidae fauna (Lepidoptera) from the Eastern Emirates of the UAE. - Amurian Zoological Journal 5(2):176, pl. 1. | 176 | |
| Yemen | Yakovlev R. V. & Saldaitis A. 2008. Rambuasalama augustasi gen. nov. et spec. nov. of Cossidae from Madagascar (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). - Atalanta, Würzburg 39(1-4):401-403. | 51 |
Host Plants
Unknown
