Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905)
| FAMILY | Cossidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Mehariinae |
| GENUS | Meharia |
| SPECIES | semilactea |
| AUTHOR | (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Alavona semilactea spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Sudan NW], Nakheila, River Atbara, 04-08.ii.1904, leg. F. R. Henley & A. F. N. Wollaston. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 9♂, 1♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Meharia by J. D. Bradley (1952: 242). |
| PUBLICATION | Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. - Novitates Zoologicae 12:21-33, pl. 4. |
| PAGINATION | 32-33; pl. 4, fig. 12 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Mauritania | Borth R., Ivinskis P., Saldaitis A. & Yakovlev R. V. 2011. Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). - ZooKeys 122:45-69. | 63 | |
| Oman | 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. | 274 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. - In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2:179-240. | 186 (as incurvariella) | |
| Somalia | 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. | 274 | |
| Sudan | Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. - Novitates Zoologicae 12:21-33, pl. 4. | 33 | |
| Tanzania | Strand E. 1912i. Über Lepidoptera aus Mkatta und Morogoro in Deutsch Ost-Afrika, nebst Beiträgen zur Kenntnis afrikanischer Taragama-Arten. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A)(1):67-92. | 80 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. - Tribulus 8(2):5-8. | 5 | |
| Western Sahara | Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. - Alexanor 17:335-382. | 353 | |
| Yemen | Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. - Esperiana 7:267-282, pls. 7-9. | 268 |
Notes: Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt (Sinai), Israel, Jordan, Morocco.
Host Plants
Unknown
