Meharia ganslmeieri Yakovlev & Witt, 2015
FAMILY | Cossidae |
SUBFAMILY | Mehariinae |
GENUS | Meharia |
SPECIES | ganslmeieri |
AUTHOR | Yakovlev & Witt, 2015 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Meharia ganslmeieri Yakovlev & Witt, sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Zambia, Lwangwa Valley, 600 m, 15.vi.2010, leg. N. Pürzer & W. Ganslmeier. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, MWM. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Yakovlev R. V. & Witt T. J. 2015. Meharia ganslmeieri sp. nov. - a new Cossidae species from Zambia (Lepidoptera). - Zootaxa 4032(3):319-321. |
PAGINATION | 319-320, figs 1-2 |
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Zambia | Yakovlev R. V. & Witt T. J. 2015. Meharia ganslmeieri sp. nov. - a new Cossidae species from Zambia (Lepidoptera). - Zootaxa 4032(3):319-321. | 319 | |
Zimbabwe | Yakovlev R. V. & Witt T. J. 2017c. Meharia Chrétien, 2015 - new genus in Zimbabwean fauna (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 45(180):589-591. | 590 |
Host Plants
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